October 1, 1979
"I'm at my wits end, doctor - he throws these tantrums all the time"
August 23, 1979
"The news is not good, patrick - I'm afraid you have the classic symptoms of the great national malaise"
June 19, 1979
"Dr. Carter wants to do a tonsillectomy… Dr. Kennedy favors a heart, liver and lights bypass… before we knock you out, would you care to express a perference?"
February 16, 1979
"Congratulations, Son- I hear you passed our physical with flying colors- close to 100%- right, doc?"
April 23, 1976
"Just try to relax in there, we're getting another opinion"
April 12, 1976
"That’s an average performance for an old China- watcher, nobody's ever been able to read the bottom line"
February 18, 1976
"I got the results of your tests today, Mrs. Mahoney, and I certainly was pleased with them"
November 25, 1974
"Your headaches are caused by playing too much diplomacy without a foreign policy"
"I break out like this every time I think about my campaign promise for a national health plan"