Subject: Health (Page 15)

What this world needs is a damned good plague.

Have you ever noticed nobody has ever ordered a grapefruit the size of a tumor? … ever… there’s no reciprocity.


The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

(1867 – 1959) architect, interior designer, writer & educator

There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

I shouldn’t tell jokes about my wife. She’s attached to a machine that keeps her alive… the refrigerator.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Hypochondriac: Someone who enjoys bad health.

Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

My father is schizophrenic, but he’s good people.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I met the surgeon general and he offered me a cigarette.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies Bergeres and looks at the audience.

(1913 – 1995) British Anglican Bishop

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

If you eat one apple a day for 80 years, you won't die young.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

It's hard to be nice to some paranoid schizophrenics just because she lives in your body.

(1956 – ) American entertainer & comedian

My dentist found a new way to cover up his bad breath… he holds up his arms

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

I'm going to have minor brain surgery.

American auto racer

Oh, last week was a rough week, I noticed my gums were shrinking… I was brushing my teeth with Preparation H.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Probably a torn filament right there in the kneecap.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.

(1920 – 2000) American actor