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Gall Quotes

On sheer nerve, cheek, and hospital humor.

This page mixes quotes using gall to mean audacity or cheek with lighter, more literal lines about the gall bladder and hospital visits. It's an unusual pairing that gives the topic more range than a single-meaning word list.

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.

Quotes by Sade Adu

I would love to do comedy, but you have to be phenomenally good. I'm not sure I'm there yet. I can imagine it being so much fun but I don't think I've quite got the gall to go ahead just...

Quotes by Rose Leslie

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

Quotes by Phyllis McGinley

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Quotes by John Locke

Accuse Quotes

They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses.

Quotes by Joe E. Lewis

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.

Quotes by Jean Kerr

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.

Quotes by J. D. Salinger

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

Quotes by Francis Quarles

Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip.

Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Alive Quotes

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.

Quotes by Bill Condon

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the two meanings of 'gall' used on this page?
Gall shows up here both as a bodily organ, the gallbladder, in a couple of medical-themed anecdotes, and in its older sense of bitterness or nerve, as in having the gall to do something bold. That split gives the topic an unusual mix of humor and audacity.
Is there a quote here that's meant to be funny?
Yes, one describes a full day of medical tests ending with the diagnosis that the speaker simply needed glasses, using gallbladder exams as a setup for a punchline about overthinking a simple problem. It's one of the lighter entries in the collection.
What does 'having the gall' to do something mean in these quotes?
It refers to a kind of bold, sometimes irritating audacity, as seen in the quote criticizing people who think they're being different while actually playing it safe. That usage frames gall as nerve rather than anatomy.
How does the proverb about shoes and incomes fit this topic?
It compares income to shoes that either pinch when too small or cause stumbling when too large, using gall in its sense of chafing discomfort. It's a classic-style proverb quite different in tone from the more modern medical quotes on the page.
How does this connect to quotes about art or self-perception?
The quote about art-college attitudes ties gall to a critique of people mistaking safe choices for genuine originality, which links this page to the Art quotes collection for readers interested in that theme.

For more on boldness and self-assurance, browse quotes about being better than expected, or see how people talk about staying alive through difficult medical moments referenced here.