Subject: Health (Page 23)

Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

You don’t get ulcers from what you eat; you get them from what’s eating you.

(1888 – 1960) Austrian writer

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four, unless there were three other people.

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

At home now, I have cough medicine on tap.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

I’m so frightened of disease that it’s to the point I won’t have sex with someone… unless they say… you know… “Okay.”

(1970 – ) American comedian, writer & actress

I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow Airport for myself.

(1935 – 1994) English writer

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

CPR: An emergency exercise that helps concerned onlookers feel useful while the victim expires.

The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.

(1921 – 2000) comedian, television host, musician, actor & writer

My doctor is wonderful; once, when I couldn’t afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.

(1918 – 2007) American entertainer, actor & television host

I got the bill for my surgery; now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

In the middle of an asthma attack she got an obscene phone call; the guy said, “Did I call you or did you call me?”

comedian

Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Somebody once said that laughter is the best medicine, and that was clearly written by a man that never tried Vicodin.

(1959 – ) American comedian, comedy writer, actor & author

It's no longer a question of staying healthy; it's a question of finding a sickness you like.

(1934 – ) comedian

My Dad’s allergic to cotton; he has pills he can take but he can’t get them out of the bottle.

comedian

Busted tribia

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

I was born by Caesarean section, but you really can't tell… except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window.