50 Surgery Quotes For A Speedy Recovery

By Clifton Sankofa

School Leader, Language Arts Expert & Master Quote Curator

Published January 16, 2023

Feel better with these surgery quotes.

Just hearing the word ‘surgery’ makes some people cringe.

Surgery is the medical procedure where doctors cut into your body.

Patients undergo surgery for a varied range of reasons.

A person can go under the knife for minor, major, emergency, urgent or elective surgeries.

The American College of Surgeons recognizes 14 different surgical specialties.

Famed doctor Deepak Chopra notes, “Preventive medicine isn’t part of a physician’s everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery.”

Surgery is a serious matter, no matter how minor it may seem.

Most medical professionals recommend that if your doctor recommends surgery, it is wise to get a second opinion where you inform another doctor about your health concerns and ask how they would treat it.

Comparing treatment is a prudent measure when considering any form of surgery.

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Funny surgery quotes

1. “It’s tricky to say ‘never,’ but I will never have plastic surgery.” — Lili Taylor

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2. “I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.” — Morley Safer

3. “Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.” — Al McGuire

4. “I’ve had so much plastic surgery when I die, they will donate my body to Tupperware.” — Joan Rivers

5. “I’m here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I’m not sure which is more painful.” — James Caan

6. “What I’m trying to achieve with my surgery is my own personal satisfaction. It’s narcissism.” — Pete Burns

7. “I’m an actor – it’s not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won’t ask for their money back.” — Sean Connery

8. “I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor’s office was full of portraits by Picasso.” — Rita Rudner

9. “Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California condor.” — Roseanne Barr

10. “You know, let’s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery if they went on vacation, there wouldn’t be a person left in town.” — Michael Jackson

Surgery quotes and sayings

11. “Botox to me is not surgery.” — Kim Kardashian

12. “I never thought make-up was like brain surgery.” — Francois Nars

13. “I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don’t want to be an old hag. There’s no fun in that.” — Scarlett Johansson

14. “The problem with cosmetic surgery is that people who have it can only see how they look in the mirror.” — Jerry Hall

15. “I don’t really talk about surgery because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.” — Candis Cayne

16. “I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.” — K. A. Applegate

17. “Weight loss surgery isn’t going to make you lose weight; it’s a tool to help you lose weight.” — Ashley Nell Tipton

18. “Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia, and surgery.” — Garry Trudeau

19. “Preventive medicine isn’t part of a physician’s everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery.” — Deepak Chopra

20. “You have no confidence when you come out of surgery because you can’t really do anything. You’re like, ‘Man, am I ever going to heal?’” — Rob Gronkowski

Inspirational surgery quotes

21. “I’ve had a lot of plastic surgery, and I’m completely honest about it.” — Anitta

22. “I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back.” — Halle Berry

23. “Probably the only type of cosmetic surgery I’d consider is having my bust reduced.” — Kate O’Mara

24. “There’s a lot to get through. There’s the beautiful, delicate shaving first, which is really lovely.” — James Nesbitt

25. “I think it’s strange when people my age and younger get surgery. Somebody’s got to play old people.” —Ashley Jensen

26. “I have had heart surgery three times, so I know what it was like to have pins and needles stuck in you.” — Josh Ryan Evans

27. “I’ve never had plastic surgery, but if they made a new invention for making people taller, I’d be the first to have the surgery.” — Alanna Ubach

28. “The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful.” — Salma Hayek

29. “I mean, I think I’m doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.” — Maria Sharapova

30. “In all honesty, plastic surgery these days goes hand-in-hand with beauty maintenance. It’s nothing new. Who I am, my body, I was not created from surgery, at all, whatsoever.” — Carmen Carrera

Surgery quotes for a friend

31. “I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck.” — Carnie Wilson

32. “I hate plastic surgery. I have a horror of any kind of knife. I don’t like it.” — Rebecca De Mornay

33. “Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.” — Maeve Binchy

34. “I thought that plastic surgery was easy, but it is really serious and is not something you want to mess around with.” — Heidi Montag

35. “Minimally invasive surgery is the way forward: the patient goes home the next day; there are fewer complications.” — Frans van Houten

36. “In my 20s, I was told by a camera lighting man I needed plastic surgery. In my 30s, I was constantly told I needed to lose weight.” — Toyah Willcox

37. “I jog every day, but I haven’t had plastic surgery – though that’s not to say if one day I look in the mirror and go ‘Ugh!’ I won’t have something done.” — Suzi Quatro

38. “I was on a bridge going down; the bicycle broke, and I smashed to the ground, face first. I broke my jaw and my teeth, and had to have plastic surgery.” — Sofia Helin

39. “Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.” — Deepak Chopra

40. “It’s a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times.” — Tom Brady

More surgery quotes and sayings

41. “Brain surgery is a fairly aggressive process.” — James Nesbitt

42. “I don’t care what I look like. I must be comfortable.” — Miriam Margolyes

43. “Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.” — Frank Shorter

44. “Some of my friends have plastic surgery and Botox, but I’m not interested in it.” — Miriam Margolyes

45. “I have not had any plastic surgery in any shape or form. No implants. And my hair is not dyed.” — Pierce Brosnan

46. “I don’t want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I’m not interested.” — Christine Lahti

47. “Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that if it makes them feel better about who they are.” — Kate Winslet

48. “We had to check that out and make sure it wasn’t cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.” — Zakk Wylde

49. “Comebacks are not at all easy. After a major surgery, the difficult part is to conquer the inner demons. It’s all in the mind.” — Rohit Sharma

50. “Plastic surgery can’t make you younger or more beautiful because beauty is in your eyes, isn’t it? It’s in your soul; you can’t strap it on.” — Sarah Parish