--- title: "20 Hospital Bed Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 20 Hospital Bed quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Hospital Bed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/ilona-andrews-150_bed_shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-h_172806.png" --- > [Shifting in the hospital bed had blown her closet door wide open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilona-andrews/shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-her-closet-door-wide-open/) [Ilona Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilona-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/ilona-andrews-150_bed_shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-h_172806.png) > [When I'm working, I stay in ICU in any hospital that will get me a bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lewis/when-i-m-working-i-stay-in-icu-in-any-hospital-that-will-get-me-a-bed/) [Jerry Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/jerry-lewis-3118_bed_when-i-m-working-i-stay-in-icu-in-any-ho_1250260.jpg) > [You don't appreciate life until you get to the other side. Like lying in a hospital bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabrice-muamba/you-don-t-appreciate-life-until-you-get-to-the-other-side-like-lying/) [Fabrice Muamba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fabrice-muamba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/fabrice-muamba-45309_appreciate_you-don-t-appreciate-life-until-you-get_1896283.jpg) > [A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/a-hospital-bed-is-a-parked-taxi-with-the-meter-running/) [Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/groucho-marx-788_bed_a-hospital-bed-is-a-parked-taxi-with-the_3105912.jpg) > [“1. You're confined to a hospital bed. 2. You're 11. 3. You sustained brain damage in a car accident. -Reasons to watch shows on " The CW”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-delaney/1-you-re-confined-to-a-hospital-bed-2-you-re-11-3-you-sustained-brain/) [Rob Delaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-delaney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/rob-delaney-12520_brain-damage_1-you-re-confined-to-a-hospital-bed-2-yo_1751991.jpg) > [We went to see him later (on Saturday night) and he was sitting on his hospital bed, getting pelters from my missus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lamont/we-went-to-see-him-later-on-saturday-night-and-he-was-sitting-on-his/) [Sean Lamont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-lamont/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/sean-lamont-276872_bed_we-went-to-see-him-later-on-saturday-nig_2187466.png) > [Death straps me to the hospital bed, claws its way onto my chest and sits there.I didn't know it would hurt this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/death-straps-me-to-the-hospital-bed-claws-its-way-onto-my-chest-and/) [Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/jenny-downham-3127_bed_death-straps-me-to-the-hospital-bed-claw_2527092.png) > [I think that's probably the most devastating thing - when someone who is larger than life winds up a shadow of themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-think-that-s-probably-the-most-devastating-thing-when-someone-who/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/jodi-picoult-45_bed_i-think-that-s-probably-the-most-devasta_3192754.jpg) > [My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way',…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-mansell/my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is-no-good-lying-on-a-hospital/) [Nigel Mansell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-mansell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/nigel-mansell-21276_bed_my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is_3000415.jpg) > [As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-vereen/as-i-laid-in-the-hospital-bed-i-started-thinking-that-i-had-a-show-to/) [Ben Vereen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-vereen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/ben-vereen-23858_bed_as-i-laid-in-the-hospital-bed-i-started_1036845.png) > [Don't be that guy that's laying in that hospital bed going, 'I wonder what would have happened if I tried it?' The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-white/don-t-be-that-guy-that-s-laying-in-that-hospital-bed-going-i-wonder/) [Dana White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/dana-white-4249_bed_don-t-be-that-guy-that-s-laying-in-that_724370.png) > [I had to lie there for ages in a hospital bed, with plastic drains fitted. Three fingers stopped growing and I lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/touker-suleyman/i-had-to-lie-there-for-ages-in-a-hospital-bed-with-plastic-drains/) [Touker Suleyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/touker-suleyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/touker-suleyman-18601_education_i-had-to-lie-there-for-ages-in-a-hospita_3206827.jpg) > [The sun is shining, mynah birds are chattering, palm trees are swaying, so what. I'm in the hospital and I'm healthy. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaui-hart-hemmings/the-sun-is-shining-mynah-birds-are-chattering-palm-trees-are-swaying/) [Kaui Hart Hemmings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaui-hart-hemmings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/kaui-hart-hemmings-13772_airplane_the-sun-is-shining-mynah-birds-are-chatt_2530256.png) > [How's his appendix?""Like crap. They almost didn't catch it in time, and he's still doing the ass-plant in a hospital bed, beingdoted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-m-liu/how-s-his-appendix-like-crap-they-almost-didn-t-catch-it-in-time-and/) [Marjorie M. Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-m-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/marjorie-m-liu-13742_army_how-s-his-appendix-like-crap-they-almost_427005.jpg) > [When you're confined to a hospital bed, there aren't many appointments you can make. You await visits from friends and family members.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-gondelman/when-you-re-confined-to-a-hospital-bed-there-aren-t-many-appointments/) [Josh Gondelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-gondelman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/josh-gondelman-8695_doctors-and-nurses_when-you-re-confined-to-a-hospital-bed-t_1235004.jpg) > [I took one glance at her in that hospital bed under the dull light and recognised the look on her face, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-took-one-glance-at-her-in-that-hospital-bed-under-the-dull-light/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_areas_i-took-one-glance-at-her-in-that-hospita_2156275.jpg) > [“Betsy Garrison, the tough, feisty head of the Nashville Metro Sex Crimes Unit, was sitting up in the hospital bed, a huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-t-ellison/betsy-garrison-the-tough-feisty-head-of-the-nashville-metro-sex/) [J.T. Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-t-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/j-t-ellison-1281_quote_betsy-garrison-the-tough-feisty-head-of_1730914.jpg) > [“Of course, with my parents, my three sisters, and Colston already sharing that one room, adding me to the mix made it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-galloway/of-course-with-my-parents-my-three-sisters-and-colston-already/) [Noah Galloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-galloway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/noah-galloway-8545_doctors-and-nurses_of-course-with-my-parents-my-three-siste_1518841.jpg) > [“With one final flip the quarter flew high into the air and came down on the mattress with a light bounce. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-mcraven/with-one-final-flip-the-quarter-flew-high-into-the-air-and-came-down/) [William H. McRaven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-mcraven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/william-h-mcraven-13570_attention-to-detail_with-one-final-flip-the-quarter-flew-hig_1801691.jpg) > [“Very few people know where they will die, But I do; in a brick-faced hospital, Divided, not unlike Caesarean Gaul, Into three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-e-sissman/very-few-people-know-where-they-will-die-but-i-do-in-a-brick-faced/) [L.E. Sissman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-e-sissman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/l-e-sissman-60526_fine-day_very-few-people-know-where-they-will-die_2245094.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hospital-bed/#itemlist", "name": "Hospital Bed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shifting in the hospital bed had blown her closet door wide open.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ilona Andrews" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilona-andrews/shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-her-closet-door-wide-open/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/ilona-andrews-150_bed_shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-h_172806.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/ilona-andrews-150_bed_shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-h_172806.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/ilona-andrews-150_bed_shifting-in-the-hospital-bed-had-blown-h_172806.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Shifting in the hospital bed had blown her closet door wide open.” — Ilona Andrews", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I'm working, I stay in ICU in any hospital that will get me a bed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Lewis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lewis/when-i-m-working-i-stay-in-icu-in-any-hospital-that-will-get-me-a-bed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/jerry-lewis-3118_bed_when-i-m-working-i-stay-in-icu-in-any-ho_1250260.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/jerry-lewis-3118_bed_when-i-m-working-i-stay-in-icu-in-any-ho_1250260.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/jerry-lewis-3118_bed_when-i-m-working-i-stay-in-icu-in-any-ho_1250260.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I'm working, I stay in ICU in any hospital that will get me a bed.” — Jerry Lewis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't appreciate life until you get to the other side. 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That's one of the reasons I was so pleased that the boys could do the IAM test as well.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nigel Mansell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-mansell/my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is-no-good-lying-on-a-hospital/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/nigel-mansell-21276_bed_my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is_3000415.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/nigel-mansell-21276_bed_my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is_3000415.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/nigel-mansell-21276_bed_my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is_3000415.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way'…” — Nigel Mansell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Vereen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-vereen/as-i-laid-in-the-hospital-bed-i-started-thinking-that-i-had-a-show-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/ben-vereen-23858_bed_as-i-laid-in-the-hospital-bed-i-started_1036845.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/ben-vereen-23858_bed_as-i-laid-in-the-hospital-bed-i-started_1036845.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/ben-vereen-23858_bed_as-i-laid-in-the-hospital-bed-i-started_1036845.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. 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The doctors all collectively gasped and one of them said, “Who are you?” She nervously laughed and said, “Oh! Sorry. I’m Noah’s sister Sara. Noah stayed at the Mologne House tonight with our family.” “Oh, he did?” the doctor replied, sounding very surprised but pleased. “Well, that’s huge!” They were still standing in the room so Sara said, “Yeah, it is. So I am sleeping in here.” She waited for them to get the hint. 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It jumped several inches off the bed, high enough for the instructor to catch it in his hand. Swinging around to face me, the instructor looked me in the eye and nodded. He never said a word. Making my bed correctly was not going to be an opportunity for praise. It was expected of me. It was my first task of the day, and doing it right was important. It demonstrated my discipline. It showed my attention to detail, and at the end of the day it would be a reminder that I had done something well, something to be proud of, no matter how small the task. Throughout my life in the Navy, making my bed was the one constant that I could count on every day. As a young SEAL ensign aboard the USS Grayback, a special operation submarine, I was berthed in sick bay, where the beds were stacked four high. The salty old doctor who ran sick bay insisted that I make my rack every morning. 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It was my way of showing that I had conquered the injury and was moving forward with my life. Within four weeks of 9/11, I was transferred to the White House, where I spent the next two years in the newly formed Office of Combatting Terrorism. By October 2003, I was in Iraq at our makeshift headquarters on the Baghdad airfield. For the first few months we slept on Army cots. Nevertheless, I would wake every morning, roll up my sleeping bag, place the pillow at the head of the cot, and get ready for the day.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William H. 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