Dental Quotes

• Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

  George D. Prentice

  Inspirational, Funny, Men

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• There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently

  William Shakespeare

  Philosophical, Dental Work, Endurance

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 5, sc. 1, l. 35

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• Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental.

  Ogden Nash

  Funny, Dental Work, Teeth

  Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

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• Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

  Mark Twain

  Mom, Baby, Children

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 4, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• My health plan doesn't cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year.

  Robert Breault

  Funny, Years, Dental Work

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• A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

  Helen Rowland

  Men, Dental Work, Teeth

  Helen Rowland (1909). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”

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• An aching tooth is better out than in.
  To lose a rotting member is a gain.

  Richard Baxter

  Funny, Dental Work, Teeth

  Poetical Fragments 'Man'

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• There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache.

  Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer

  Health, Sacrifice, Things In Life

  The Caxtons Pt XI, Ch. VII

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• I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.

  Graham Greene

  Men, Dental Work, Appreciate

  Graham Greene (1980). “Travels with my aunt”

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• Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

  Ann Landers

  Funny, Blessed, Dentist

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• I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed.

  Matthew Lesko

  Military, War, Dental Work

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• I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

  Morgan Freeman

  Thinking, Dental Floss, Dental Work

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• A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.

  Chris Christie

  Teacher, Careers, Vision

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• No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot

  Agatha Christie

  Funny, Beautiful, Drunk

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• The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentists drill.

  Leonard Woolf

  Funny, Pain, Dental Work

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• It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.

  Vincent Canby

  Teeth, Might, Dentist

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• We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

  Joseph Heller

  Funny, Happiness, Laughter

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• If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.

  Mason Cooley

  Funny, Dental Work, Ideas

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• Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student

  Patricia Heaton

  Home, Kids, College

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• Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Funny, Men, Dental Work

  Don Quixote I, Ch. 4 (1605)

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• How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?

  Dan Burton

  Fda, Vaccines, Drug

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• I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities.

  Mark Spitz

  Sports, Spring, School

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• For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories.

  Kim Campbell

  Loss, People, Lost Friendship

  Address at Progressive Conservative Brunch in Montreal, Quebec, www.canadahistory.com. August 22, 1993.

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• A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.

  George D. Prentice

  Funny, Dental Work, Looks

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• Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Science, Pockets

  The Devil's Dictionary

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