Grey's Anatomy Quotes
Dr. Meredith Grey: The fantasy is simple. Pleasure is good. And twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad. And no pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain is there to tell us something. And there is only so much pleasure we can take without getting a stomachache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: The key to surviving a surgical internship is denial. We deny that we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: There's something to be said about a glass half full. About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line. A barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual. And depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless. And all we want, is more.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: They say practice makes perfect. Theory is, the more you think like a surgeon, the more you become one. Better you get at remaining neutral, clinical. Cut, suture, close. And the harder it becomes to turn it off. To stop thinking like a surgeon and remember what it means to think like a human being.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: To be a good surgeon, you have to think like a surgeon. Emotions are messy. Tuck them neatly away and step into a clean, sterile room where the procedure is simple. Cut, suture, close. But sometimes you're faced to a cut that won't heal. A cut that rips its stitches wide open.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?
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Dr. Meredith Grey: What was I to you? The girl you screwed to get over being screwed?
Dr. Derek Shepherd: You were like coming up for fresh air. It's like I was drowning and you saved me. It's all I know.
Dr. Meredith Grey: It's not good enough.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: When you were a kid, it was Halloween candy. You hid it from your parents and you ate it until you got sick. In college, it was the heavy combo of youth, tequila and well, you know. As a surgeon, you take as much of the good as you can get because it doesn't come around nearly as often as it should. 'Cause good things aren't always what they seem. Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.
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Dr. Meredith Grey: You're my teacher's teacher. And my teacher.
Dr. Derek Shepherd: I'm your sister. I'm your daughter.
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Dr. Callie Torres: Hey, I've got a plan to stop George. Are you in?
Dr. Arizona Robbins: Stop George from what?
Dr. Miranda Bailey: He joined the army [looks at Callie]
Dr. Miranda Bailey: Yes I'm in [walks away]
Dr. Arizona Robbins: Bailey, no I'm talking to you. [Turns to Callie]
Dr. Arizona Robbins: Why are you trying to stop him?
Dr. Callie Torres: Because he joined the army.
Dr. Arizona Robbins: And?
Dr. Callie Torres: And because he's my ex-husband. And because I know his mom, and I love his mom, and normally Izzy would talk sense to him, but she's got cancer and kind of a bad mental deficient so it's on me to stop him.
Dr. Arizona Robbins: why would you wanna stop him?
Dr. Callie Torres: Because he joined the army, don't you think that's a problem?
Dr. Arizona Robbins: I think that's awesome.
Dr. Callie Torres: Awesome! [walks away]
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Katie Bryce: My head is full.
Dr. Meredith Grey: It's called thinking. Go with it.
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Dr. Preston Burke: So, I have a question to ask. I checked the schedule and I noticed that both you and I are off tonight. I made reservations. I have a favorite restaurant.
Dr. Cristina Yang: None of those were questions.
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Dr. Preston Burke: The only person that can keep a promise so big is God, and I haven't seen him pick up a scalpel lately.
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Mr. Levangie: I know it's not perfect, but it's life. Life is messy sometimes.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: [to Cristina] An intern was reassigned so he's mine now. Have him shadow you for the day, show him how I do things.
Dr. Alex Karev: Alex Karev, nice to meet you.
Christina Yang: The pig who called Meredith a nurse. I hate you on principle.
Dr. Alex Karev: And you're the pushy, overbearing kiss ass. I hate you too.
Christina Yang: Oh, this should be fun then.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: [to Derek and Meredith, who are in the passenger seat of his car] You mind moving this tailwagon? You blocking me in.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: [to Izzie] Course, now you know, every time he gets a rise, he'll be thinking of you.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: Dr. Victor, I'm sorry, but these are viable nerves. We should save them.
Dr. Victor: It will take at least an hour longer. And we might not get it all.
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: [to George] You know they call him, *limp Harry*.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: But his prognosis with chemo is nearly as good, and frankly if you're worried about missing tee time, I'll be more than happy to finish. [Izzie enters the O.R]
Dr. Miranda Bailey: Dr. Stevens?
Dr. Victor: Can we help you?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: I'm sorry, Dr. Bailey. Dr. Victor, I agree with her. You just can't... You have to save the nerves.
Dr. Victor: What?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: The nerves. You have to save them.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: Dr. Stevens, I can handle this.
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: No, you told me the most important thing is giving the patient what they want. What Humphrey wants is his erection.
Dr. Victor: [to Dr. Bailey] She's yours. You get her out.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: I can't do that, sir. You know how these young puppies are.
Dr. Victor: I'm going to tell Richard about both of you.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: You do that. In the meantime, why don't we pretend it's you on this table, and give this a try.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: Eh, not a good time.
Dr. Arizona Robbins: you know what, you walk away from me again I swear I will grab you by the hair and pull hard, I grew up will the name Arizona, I learned how to play dirty on the playground.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: Every intern wants to perform their first surgery. That's not your job. Do you know what your job is? To make your resident happy. Do I look happy? No! Why? Because my interns are whiney. You know what will make me look happy? Having the code team staffed, having the trauma pages answered, having the weekend labs delivered and having someone down in the pit doing the sutures. No-one holds a scalpel until I'm so happy I'm Mary Freaking Poppins.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: Look at this. Everybody wants a life without pain. And what does it get you? She needs to be on a poster somewhere to remind people, pain is there for a reason.
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Dr. Miranda Bailey: You wanna tell me what that was all about?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Nothing. He's probably just crazy or something. [she hesitates]
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Bethany Whisper.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: What?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Bethany Whisper. I did a new Bethany Whisper lingerie ad, he saw it in a magazine.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: You had time to pose for magazines?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: No, it was last year, it just came out.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: So, because he saw you in a thong...
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: No! It was not a thong!
Dr. Miranda Bailey: You're hiding out in the hallway?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: I think it might be easier if you assign another intern.
Dr. Miranda Bailey: Izzie, it's not in your job description. You are a doctor. He is a patient. He's your patient! Biopsy these! If they come back positive, I expect to see you in surgery. You're on this! You hear me?
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Dr. George O'Malley: [talking to himself] Oh, hi, chief. Nope, not much going on, well, other than your intern chief making out with my friend in the stairwell, but hey... sponge duty sucks.
Dr. Meredith Grey: [walks up beside him] Talking to yourself now?
Dr. George O'Malley: Yes. No. [pause]
Dr. George O'Malley: Damn it. I'm a bad sponge. A leaky sponge. I'm gonna leak all the wrong secrets. I'm a bad liar. I can't even lie about talking to myself.
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Dr. George O'Malley: 007. They're calling me 007, aren't they?
Izzie & Meredith: No-one's calling you 007.
Dr. George O'Malley: I was on the elevator and Murphy whispered 007.
Dr. Cristina Yang: Okay, how many times are we going to go through this, George? Five, ten? Give me a number or else I'm gonna hit you.
Dr. George O'Malley: Murphy whispered 007 and everyone laughed.
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: He wasn't talking about you.
Dr. George O'Malley: Are you sure?
Dr. Meredith Grey: Would we lie to you?
Dr. George O'Malley: Yes!
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Dr. George O'Malley: Do you remember when he wallpapered the hospital with pictures of you in your underwear?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Yeah. Yeah, I do.
Dr. Alex Karev: It was before I knew you.
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Dr. George O'Malley: I don't think you understand. Me - gonads! You - ovaries!
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Oh, that reminds me. We are out of tampons.
Dr. George O'Malley: You're parading through the bathroom in your underwear, while I'm naked in the shower!
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Will you add it to your list, please?
Dr. George O'Malley: What?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Tampons!
Dr. Meredith Grey: To the list. It's your turn.
Dr. George O'Malley: I am a man! I don't buy girl products. I don't want to see you walking in while I'm in the shower. And I don't wanna see you in your underwear!
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: It doesn't bother me, okay? Look at me in my underwear, George. Take your time, it's no big deal.
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Dr. George O'Malley: I know I'm not a lot of things that you've gone for in the past - I know, but I would never leave you. I would never hurt you. And I will never stop loving you...
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