Subject: Health (Page 10)

I see cards that say ‘Get Well Soon’ … F**k that, get well now!

(1973 – ) American comedian

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club; you’re not out of it until the computer says you’re out of it.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

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

My doctor tells me I got a communications disease.

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

In her elastic stockings, next to her very close veins.

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

The Resistance of Piles to Penetration

An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

I remember when I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills… my doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis, and I said compared to who?

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Diagnosis: A physician’s forecast of the disease by the patient’s pulse and purse.

Healthy is just a precancerous condition.

(1954 – ) American stand-up comedian

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

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d druther not.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is.

People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them… well, it's killing me!

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

If I had known the difference between the words 'antidote' and 'anecdote,' one of my good friends would still be living.

comedian

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

(1935 – 1994) English writer

I just hope we find a cure for every major disease, because I am tired of walking 5Ks.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

I think, in most cases, the difference between depression and disappointment is your level of commitment.

(1963 – ) American stand-up comedian

I have the woman-flu, which is like the manflu but worse because I also regularly have periods and I get paid less.

Danish comedian

A man walked into the doctor’s; he said, ‘I’ve hurt my arm in several places.' … The doctor said, ‘well don’t go there any more.'

(1921 – 1984) British comedian & magician