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I reckon being ill as one of
the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not
obliged to work till one is better. — Samuel Butler, The Way of All
Flesh, 1903
I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never
read his prescription.
— Finley Peter Dunne
Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.
— Ellie Katz
It is a mathematical fact that fifty percent of all doctors graduate
in the bottom half of their class. — Author Unknown
Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having
him catch his hand in the drill. — Johnny Carson
You have a cough? Go home tonight, eat a whole box of Ex-Lax -
tomorrow you'll be afraid to cough. — Pearl Williams
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of
medicine.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the
well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use
only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at
least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other
place.
— Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor, 1977
After two days in the
hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. — W.C.
Fields
I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do the
operation on someone else, not you. — Bill Walton
Enduring habits I hate.... Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel
grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about
me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a
hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits.
— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, 1882
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
— Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
If you're going through hell, keep going.
— Winston Churchill
Sleep, riches, and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.
— Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Flower, Fruit, and Thorn
If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.
— Robert Ingersoll
The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into
folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the
flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender
loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in
healing. — Larry Dossey
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Quotations: Get Well Soon