Subject: Health (Page 7)

I'm addicted to placebos; I'd give them up, but it wouldn't make any difference.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Nurses: Patient people.

I thought my doctor said I was heading for a rave.

As I get older I'm going to hear "You look great" a lot less than I'm going to hear "You look sick.”

American stand-up comedian

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.

I don't need you to remind me of my age; I have a bladder to do that for me.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

If medicine has made so much progress in the last 30 years, how come I felt better 30 years ago?

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

My cholesterol count has a comma.

(1964 – 2014) American actor, Broadway performer & stand-up comedian

Osteopath: A man who works his fingers to your bones.

Do you think that suppository is gonna be safe from me there, Edith?

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

I have the biggest crush on my dentist; I’ve been doing everything to see him; I gargle with Coke.

(1964 – ) Canadian stand-up comedian, actress & television host

He died of cirrhosis of the liver… it costs money to die of cirrhosis of the liver.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

One finger in the throat and one in the rectum makes a good diagnostician.

(1849 – 1919) Canadian physician

The pollen count, now that’s a difficult job… especially if you’ve got hay fever

(1964 – ) English comedian

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

(1914 – 1953) Welsh-born poet & writer

Venereal Disease: Germs of endearment.

You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Down Home Gynecology

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia; not because I had it, but because I couldn’t spell it.


(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion