12 dentistry quotes from around the dental-sphere

What are those from in and out of the industry saying about dentistry? From celebrities to comedians to more, here’s a little taste of the chatter.

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

• Ann Landers

I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you.

• Sofia Vergara

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

• Richard Baxter, Poetical Fragments

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

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

When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything.

• Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park

If Alien was my friend, I'd like to be with him when he went to the dentist. When they started drilling, he'd probably go nuts and start eating everybody. That Alien!

• Jack Handy

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

• William Collins

I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's make it the orthodontist.

• Frankie Muniz

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

• Robert Brault

The best and cheapest dentistry is when the right thing is done extremely well the first time and it lasts for a long time.

• Author Unknown

The only way I can make a Jim Carrey face is through Novocain at the dentist’s office.

• Sasha Azevedo