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Quotes About Dentist

The last time I had this done, it felt like the doctor used an elephant tusk." "We got rid of all our tusks last year," I said, smiling.
~ Kristan Higgins
What helps writers, and ultimately, obviously, helps the actors - who should serve the words that the writer puts on the page - is if the character has damages, because then the writers can cultivate and excavate, like a dentist going into a tooth.
~ John C. McGinley
I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
~ Taylor Caldwell
I can't believe I have to do this. I feel like I came to have a tooth pulled and by mistake my whole brain came with it.
~ Catherine Gildiner
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
I went with her to the dentist when she had her wisdom teeth out. Afterward she slept curled for a long time, a small beautiful person; there on her desk in a glass of water were the two enormous teeth. They were like the femurs of brontosauri. How those giant teeth could have fit into her head I don't know.
~ Nicholson Baker
Bismarck: «La vida es como visitar al dentista. Siempre crees que lo peor aún está por llegar, cuando en realidad ya ha pasado».
~ Viktor E. Frankl
How would an advertisement for minions read? 'Have you ever been told your smile makes people uncomfortable? Does your voice sound like a dentist's drill? Does your gaze cause others to break out in hives? Have you misplaced your moral compass?' "Tess, are you okay?" Jamie asked. Right. She wasn't alone in the elevator.
~ Laura Ruby
was the least of his responsibilities. He served as the onboard dentist, doctor, and surgeon
~ Laurence Bergreen
He paused in the hallway, sniffing the air. He scowled, sniffed some more. He pressed an intercom button on the wall. "Betty, I distinctly smell sewage. Could you get a plumber out here ASAP?" Several curly hairs fluttered in the air after he was gone. I clutched at the arm of the dentist chair. "This isn't a joke, Tub! I'm in trouble. We're all in trouble, the whole town, the whole world! You have no clue. You have no idea what kind of things we're dealing with here. There's a whole land of --
~ Guillermo del Toro
The tongue is ever turning to the aching tooth.
~ Thomas Fuller
My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression
~ Oscar Wilde
Beginning with praise is like the dentist who begins his work with Novocain. The patient still gets a drilling, but the Novocain is pain-killing.
~ Dale Carnegie
I wonder if there's such a thing as a spiritual dentist? I think my whole personality is full of cavities!
~ Charles M. Schulz
The toothbrush doesn't remove six months of tartar 30 minutes before your appointment.
~ Dental hygienists' saying
DENTIST, n. A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.
~ Ambrose Bierce
The tongue rolles there where the teeth aketh.
~ Proverb
I've been to the dentist several times, so I know the drill.
~ Author Unknown
Smile — sunshine is good for your teeth.
~ Ludlow Porch, 1981
Better tooth out than always ache.
~ James Howell's Proverbs
A good dentist never gets on your nerves.
~ Author Unknown
A dentist gets to the root of the problem.
~ Dental joke
If you don't care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters S-C-H-M replacing the first letters. Somebody who didn't care about dentists, for instance could say 'Dentist, schmentists.
~ Lemony Snicket
Dear Mr. Snicket, I would like to be a writer when I grow up, but my dad wants me to be a dentist. Help! - Troubled In Tacoma Dear Ms. Troubled, Take extensive notes on your father's behavior. A man who pressured other people into dentistry will be a wonderful character for your first book. With all due respect, LS
~ Lemony Snicket