The 50 best quotes from Dr. House (philosophical, ironic and biting).

A unique and irreverent character who leaves us famous quotes to laugh and reflect.

Have you ever seen the TV series "House"? In each of its episodes, the ineffable Doctor Gregory House, played by a masterful Hugh Laurie, embodied a doctor capable of solving any medical mystery that was put in front of him.

In addition to being a true genius at his job, Dr. House was also loved and hated by his co-workers. His biting humor and stinging criticisms were always an incentive when it came to enjoying this series.

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Doctor House's famous phrases

Winner of several Emmy awards, the series is one of the most watched and talked about in recent times. In today's article we are going to review the best phrases of Dr. HouseIn today's article we are going to review the best phrases of Dr. House, to know his peculiar sense of humor and some of the controversial ironies that he used to use in the day to day life of the Hospital.

1. Women are like dolphins: it is scientifically proven that they are too intelligent, but few understand them.

About their relationship with the opposite sex.

2. I don't mean to make a fool of you, but I can't walk around with my eyes closed all the time.

One of his biting phrases.

3. 30% of parents don't know they are raising each other's child.

A surprising but true statistic (in the United States).

4. Have you ever heard that you can't live without love? Oxygen is more important.

Gregory House's priorities.

5. If religious people could be reasoned with, there would be no religious people.

Against the ignorance of believing people.

6. People do not change. For example, I keep saying "people do not change".

A tautology that reinforces his position on this issue.

7. Religion is not the opium of the people, it is the placebo of the people.

Truths, lies... Dr. House intended to bring them to light.

8. Being in a relationship does not always mean companionship and being single does not always mean loneliness.

About relationships. Dr. House was very skeptical of married life.

9. Love and happiness are nothing but distractions.

A mythical phrase of Dr. House.

10. Everyone lies for a reason: it works. It is what allows society to function, it separates man from beast.

A very pessimistic view of human communication.

11. "Time changes everything"... that's what people say, but it's not true. Doing things changes things. Doing nothing leaves things exactly as they are.

One of those motivational phrases that we should apply to our daily lives.

12. People may do good things, but their instincts are not good. Either God does not exist or he is terribly cruel.

Another phrase that will not sit well with the religious.

13. Conflict generates creativity.

From the negative, many positive things can be extracted and really useful lessons can be learned.

14. Is a lie a lie if everyone knows it is a lie?

Interesting reflection.

15. Do you know what is worse than being useless? Being useless and ignorant.

A harsh criticism that he launched against one of his collaborators.

16. People hate people who have theories about people.

We are more indulgent with those who show passivity.

17. The goal in life is not to eliminate unhappiness, but to keep it to a minimum.

His particular view of joy and suffering.

18. If you don't want a sarcastic answer, then don't ask a stupid question.

A maxim he applied very often.

19. The temporal lobe controls speech, hearing and memory. If she loses all that, she'll be the ideal woman, but otherwise....

A macho phrase against one of his patients.

20. Religious behavior is so similar to insanity that we cannot tell them apart.

Again, about religiosity.

21. If you don't know how to lie, you won't know when you are being lied to.

You can only be perceptive if you have the ability to deceive.

22. Half of the people I save don't deserve a second chance.

Showing their cruelest and most misanthropic side.

23. If you believe in eternity, life is irrelevant.

Without death, we would not give any kind of value to the miracle of being alive.

24. People get what they get, nothing to do with what they deserve.

Life is tremendously unfair, so there is no point in blaming yourself or others.

You don't die with dignity, you live with dignity.

To reflect on euthanasia.

26. Women fall in love with what they hear, and men with what they see. That's why women wear make-up and men lie.

An absolutely brilliant theory by Dr. House.

27. When we can't find a logical answer, we invent a stupid one.

On metaphysical and pseudoscientific beliefs.

28. I'm very good at keeping secrets, I've never told anyone that Wilson wets the bed.

An irony that puts Wilson, his best (and only) friend, in a bad place.

29. Honesty hurts those people who live in a world of lies.

About honesty in a society of half-truths.

30. I don't hate anyone, it's just that the existence of certain people in the world bothers me.

Another of his sarcasms.

31. New is good, because old always ends in death.

On youth, senescence and his particular vision of what is preferable.

32. What I find hard to believe is the general concept of belief; faith is based neither on logic nor on experience.

Another sentence that emphasizes his love for the scientific method and logical reasoning.

33. The problem is expecting something from someone who has never proved anything to you.

Why do human beings tend to make this blunder?

34. Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often.

Talk about people's ignorance and poor judgment.

35. You have a parasite... one of those parasites that come out at nine months. Normally women get attached to them, buy them clothes, take them to the park and give them a name. Look, you have their eyes!

In the middle of an ultrasound.

36. Why is it that when something goes well, God gets all the credit?

Another reflection on the "supreme being".

37. Would you prefer a doctor who holds your hand while you die, or one who ignores you while you get better?

House was a tremendously unpleasant and unfriendly doctor, but one of the most effective in saving the lives of his patients.

38. Arrogance has to be earned, tell me: what have you done to earn it?

Pride is only tolerable if the one who possesses it has good reasons to do so.

39. It turns out that your opinions do not give good results, better use mine.

Again about beliefs and how people don't see beyond their own world.

40. You want to do things right? Tough luck, things are never totally right.

Perfectionism is what you get.

41. It will take an hour to discharge you. Then you can take her away and divorce her.

Another of his sarcasms directed at a patient's husband.

42. What would life be without the opportunity to make stupid decisions.

Another of his biting phrases that can leave us thinking.

43. The brain, we all have one. The difference: some use it, others do not.

About the brain and the use we make of it.

44. There is only one thing worse than dumb people, dumb people who don't know they are dumb.

A sentence that could have been signed by Albert Einstein himself.

45. People want you to look good, but never better than them.

We are envious by nature.

46. If emotions made you act rationally, they would not be called emotions.

We have different types of emotions and, certainly, sometimes they make us make quite debatable decisions from a logical point of view.

47. The most effective laxative in the world is called "we have to talk".

A phrase that makes any husband's hair stand on end.

48. Everything is laughter, sex and fun until she asks you... what are we?

The most dreaded question when you don't aspire to a formal relationship.

49. Seriously, keep telling me your story. In fact, yawning is my favorite way to show how much I'm interested in hearing from you.

A form of contempt disguised as false interest.

50. It's amazing how many problems I could solve with a chainsaw.

Another example of your black humor.