Subject: Health » Doctors (Page 6)

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.


(1608 – 1661) English churchman & historian

I used to believe that chiropractors where charlatans, but then I went to one, and now I stand corrected.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

Doctors, dentists, and lawyers are only on time for appointments when you’re not.

[to the doctor] How about what I done for you in the bottle there? Ya know, the eulogy test.

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

Double Jeopardy: When your doctor calls in a consulting physician.

When a doctor makes a mistake, it's best to bury the subject.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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 thought my doctor said I was heading for a rave.

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

I got a postcard from my gynecologist; It said, “Did you know it’s time for your annual check-up?” … no, but now my mailman does.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

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

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, “Maybe life isn’t for everyone.”

(1940 – ) American basketball coach

You know, the only difference between me and a surgeon or a pediatrician is that when I approach a couple with a child and say, ‘I’d like to keep him for a few days and do some bloodwork,’ it’s considered inappropriate.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

My shrink gives me 75 per cent off if I make believe I’m someone else.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Doctor: A guy who tells you if you don’t cut out something he’ll cut something out of you.

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

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

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

He is a servant of humanity… who had done really brilliant work in isolating fees.

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