Subject: Health (Page 5)

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Could I get gangroon out of that?

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

Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am, and psychotic means he’s even worse than my brother-in-law.

(1893 – 1990) American psychiatrist

I'm going to have minor brain surgery.

American auto racer

Chiropodist: A man who makes money hand over foot.

No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients.

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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)

I used to be schizophrenic, but we're OK now.

Virus: A Latin medical term meaning, “Your guess is as good as mine.”

I got food poisoning today… I don’t know when I’ll use it.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

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

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

Dermatologist: Person who makes rash judgments.

I really don't like living there; I have to for health reasons; I'm very paranoid, and New York's the only place where my fears are justified.

American comedian

For the first time in history, sex is more dangerous than the cigarette afterward.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

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

Time may be a great healer, but’s it’s a lousy beautician.

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

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

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth's gravitational pull has become since 1990.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist