Mark Greene quotes from E.R.

Mark

[to Chen and Malucci] Do you know why I had only one child? Because I didn't want to listen to the two of them arguing in the back seat of my car.

Mark

Never let your work become your life, Kerry.

Mark

Rachel, damn it, stop. I love you. Please, don't do this. I don't, I don't know what to do. I don't have time to work this through. I'm not gonna be here in a year to help. You got a bastard of a father who was never around and then went off and had a new baby. Your mom got remarried to a creep. She works too much. You got a raw deal, all right? Why not get high? No one gives a damn about you anyway. I know how that feels. I remember being fourteen and pissed off at my dad and the world. What are you gonna do when I'm not here? Who is gonna keep you from killing yourself?

Benton

(having first spotted Carter) Oh, no! Would you look at this?

Mark

That's the first tailored white coat I've ever seen.

Benton

Isn't he lovely?

Susan

Lovely.

Mark

Do you think he knows anything?

Ross

He knows how to dress.

Carter

[sighs] I thought I was gonna be sick. [pause] I'm sorry.

Mark

Don't ever say you're sorry. See, there's two kinds of doctors: there's the kind that gets rid of their feelings, and the kind that keeps them. If you're gonna keep your feelings, you're gonna get sick from time to time. That's just how it works. [pause] Keep your head down. [pause, squats down beside Carter] People come in here and they're sick and dying and bleeding, and they need our help. Helping them is more important than how we feel.

Mark

But it's still a pain the ass sometimes.

Mark

Sometimes, I just want to quit and do something else. [looks at Carter and smiles] Yeah. [pause] Why don't you take a few more minutes?

Carter

[nods] Okay.

Mark

By the way, I was in medical school with Benton. He used to get sick all the time. So don't let him give you any crap. You'll be fine.

Mark

I was embraced by two men today. I find that highly unusual.

Susan

Some guys have all the luck.

How's your heart?

Mark

Pretty good shape.

Want to lend it to me for the weekend? Naw. You got better things to do with it. Do 'em all. You never know when you'll get the chance.

My mom says my dad's gonna die.

Mark

Yes, he is.

Why can't you fix him?

Mark

We can't fix everything.

Did you make him all better?

Benton

Who?

The boy in the green room.

Benton

[to Mark] The gunshot victim.

Mark

They tried really hard, Rachel. But he died.

Will his mommy be sad?

Mark

Very sad.

[to Benton] Are you sad?

Benton

Yeah.

If you're sad, why aren't you crying?

Benton

I am. [touches Rachel's heart.] Right here.

If I got hurt, would you fix me?

Mark

Yes, I would.

You wouldn't let me die?

Mark

We're going to have to do a lumbar puncture. You ever done one?

Carter

Uh no, but I've seen it done.

Mark

See One, Do One, Teach One.

Mark

[in a noisy helicopter] Hell of a life isn't it?

What?

Mark

Its a hell of a life.

Mark

I said, I want to have sex with your wife.

Carter

I had a question about next year's Trauma Sub-I.

Benton

What about it?

Carter

Well, I understand that 12 students have alreay applied, and I was wondering... if I was interested, if you can tell me what my chances would be.

Benton

Twelve people have applied, right?

Carter

Right. Yeah, with me, it'd be thirteen.

Benton

Then, I'd say your chances are one in thirteen. [he walks away]

Mark

You walked into that one.

Carter

Yeah...

Mark

How do I deliver this baby?

Susan

Are you asking me?

Mark

No, I'm asking God.

People die, Mark. You do the best you can. You're human.

Mark

I'm not supposed to be.

Sure you are. You're the only one who doesn't know it.