Tad Williams Quotes

You need teeth like mine!" Grandma said. "You can just mail 'em to the dentist!

I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws.

I still have my teeth. I don't want to lose them at age 61 in some hockey game.

My grandmother is 82, and some days she doesn't even put her teeth in.

It's tough getting older. You start falling apart, you know? My gums are starting to recede now. You can't tell tonight, though, 'cause I comb them forward.

Ben Carson actually lost a tooth. Which explains why he said that under his leadership, Americans would be entitled to 'life, liberty, and the purthuit of happineth.'

No man should live longer than his teeth.

I'm an old man at 54, without teeth, and with rheumatism.

And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time

My teeth are all my own. I've just finished paying for them.

When you brush your teeth, I'll squeeze the toothpaste.

I told my dentist I want a tooth to match the others. He gave my one with four cavities.

I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'

Like going to the dentist, where you write: "Dental appointment today. All of the dentists in Boulder are 'holistic.' They can't fill a cavity but they're good for your soul. Your teeth rot, but apparently your spirit prospers."

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

During a recent event at a restaurant called Tommy's Country Ham House in South Carolina, presidential candidate Ben Carson delivered a speech right after he lost his front tooth. Which still left him with more teeth than everyone combined at Tommy's Country Ham House.

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

I'm doing the best I can with the ravages of time on my body and I'm a work in progress. I can't write a memoir because I can't do it this week or next week... I try to be an inspiration to the young to respect their older people; we can't stay the same, but we do the best we can with what's left. You can't whine about stuff, you have to learn to eat humble pie along the way and keep going, because the alternative is going to happen.

You make do with what you have. As you age you learn even to be happy with what you have.

I was certified to take x-rays, but you can't just show up and start cleaning people's teeth.

I tell ya, my wife's a lousy cook. After dinner, I don't brush my teeth. I count them.

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them.

When you get old, everything changes - your body changes, your family changes. You can't do what you've always done, anymore. And, either you can complain about things changing - or you can be content. Instead of complaining, you can say: "Oh, yesss! Look at all this change!" You can welcome it.

Is old age really so terrible? Not if you've brushed your teeth faithfully.