Dental Quotes

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  Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

  Johnny Carson

  Funny, Happiness, Being Happy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Joseph Heller

  Funny, Happiness, Laughter

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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 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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• 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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• Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

  Bill Vaughan

  Funny, Dark, Teeth

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• I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Yellow, Ties

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Millions of Americans, adults and children, lack access to dental care.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Children, Adults, Care

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• I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is?

  Paul Merton

  Funny, Humorous, Air

  "Are these Britain's greatest wits ... or twits?" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2007.

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• I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

  Julia Roberts

  Fame, Microscopes, Print

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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