Subject: Health (Page 8)

Last week I told my psychiatrist, “I keep thinking about suicide,” and he told me from now on I have to pay in advance.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

I swam in the dead sea when it was only critically ill.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

”I think therefore I am.” is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.

(1929 – ) Czech writer

You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

I'm giving [my analyst] one more year… then I'm going to Lourdes.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Both of my children had the chicken pops when they were young.

Most Doctors Agree Breathing Regularly is Good for You

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

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

If a patient dies, the doctor killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.

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

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

American basketball player

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

My husband was so ugly, he used to stand outside the doctor’s office and make people sick.

(1894 – 1975) American comedian

Internship: A sleepless ordeal imposed on young M.D.’s for the purpose of weeding out the weak and infirm among them, and eroding the health of the survivors sufficiently to ensure better empathy in the years to come.

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seem to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold?"

(1898 – 1992) American actress

I went to a doctor, and all he did is suck blood from my neck; don't go see Dr. Acula.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

 I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4½ minutes – when they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Handkerchief: Cold Storage.

What a childhood I had. My parents sent me to a child psychiatrist. The kid didn’t help me at all.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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