Subject: Health (Page 23)

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

I’m even in denial about the fact that I’m in therapy; I’ve just convinced myself there’s a friend that I see once a week, and then I lend her $90, and she never pays me back.

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

A doctor’s reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Take the juice of two quarts of whisky…

(1904 – 1973) American guitarist & bandleader

It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.

It's hard to tell where Hollywood ends and the D.T.'s begin.

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

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

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

People with Tourette’s… what makes them tick?

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

I’m not feeling very well – I need a doctor immediately; ring the nearest golf course.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.

My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies.

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

If your condition seems to be getting better, it's probably your doctor getting sick.

It's this disease that only white girls catch from glamour magazines.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a nutshell.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Probably a torn filament right there in the kneecap.

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

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

(1940 – ) American basketball coach

The only way I can ever hear heavy breathing from my husband's side of the bed is when he's having an asthma attack.

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

Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising… it was the only exercise I got.

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

No child throws up in the bathroom.

Don’t knock coronaries… they’re all we women have got to guarantee us a prosperous and exciting middle age.

(1932 – 2000) English author & academic

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

(1888 – 1960) Austrian writer