Subject: Health

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.

My struggle to remain healthy is gradually killing me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

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

My doctor gave me two weeks to live… I hope they're in August.

comedian

I went to medical school here at Columbia; I got my M.D.; and was practicing out in Colorado, where I decided to quit and do stand-up – and not just because of the lawsuits.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

God may choose to heal someone from cancer, yet that person still has a great deal of medical bills; the outstanding bills do not determine whether or not the patient has been healed by God.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

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

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

If your time ain't come, not even a doctor can kill you.

Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m a schizophrenic, and so am I.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

Pills to be taken in twos always come out of the bottle in threes.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I saw one of those giant Hummer cars with handicapped tags on it; I thought, 'Wow, I never realized that being an a**hole was technically a handicap.'

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places; he told me to quit going to those places.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

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

Liposuction: A surgical procedure from which the patient emerges significantly lighter in both pounds and dollars.

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

(1973 – ) American comedian

I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do the operation on someone else, not you.

American basketball player

If you have over forty eyes and have noticed how your vision has changed…

… having too much collateral in your blood.