Mark Greene quotes from E.R.

David Greene

I love you, Mark.

Mark

I love you too, Dad.

Dave

[after noticing Mark scratching his groin while meeting med students, due to the effects of poison ivy] Dr. Greene, I have a question: Something wrong with the Australian boys?

Mark

Who?

Dave

[grins] You're scratching "down under." Doesn't make a good first impression.

Mark

Did you catch her?

Elizabeth

Oh yes I caught her, but once she starts writing she can't stop. Heaven forbid, I should have jabbed that pen into her carotid artery.

Mark

Hmm, I think they double the fine once you draw blood.

Elizabeth

You need a building with guest parking.

Mark

Take my spot.

Elizabeth

I don't want your spot! Damn.

Mark

What?

Elizabeth

No milk.

Mark

[Offers his cereal bowl] Want some of mine? [Elizabeth gives him a look]

Elizabeth

A grown man, you put an empty milk carton back into the refrigerator.

Mark

It's not empty. [She dumps the remaining drop into the sink] Now it's empty.

Elizabeth

Not that it chills anything cooler than room temperature anyways.

Elizabeth

That's it, then! I'm not staying here anymore!

Mark

Here we go.

Elizabeth

Every faucet leaks, your toilet actually rocks!

Mark

I kinda like that.

Elizabeth

And there are creatures scurrying about in the walls. Do you know what scurries about in walls, Mark?

Mark

...Bunnies?

Elizabeth

[looking at a house Mark found] Oh... oh Mark. Oh, it's beautiful!

Mark

See, I have some taste.

Elizabeth

Can you afford it?

Mark

I've been living cheap. Besides, I'm going to have a roommate.

Elizabeth

That's awfully presumptuous of you.

Mark

Well, I can take out an ad.

Elizabeth

You will not! I love it!

Mark

You should check out the refrigerator, it's nice and cold.

Elizabeth

Look at this deck.

Mark

I knew you would love that.

Elizabeth

When can we move in?

Mark

When can you pack? It has an ice maker.

Elizabeth

These floors are gorgeous.

Mark

You should check it out.

Elizabeth

What?

Mark

The ice maker.

Elizabeth

It's lovely.

Mark

You have to open it. It has a special ice feature.

Elizabeth

What, does the ice come in different shaped cubes or something? [She opens the freezer and closes it] Oh my god, Mark. [she opens it again and there sits a ring]

Mark

I'm a little nervous, so let me say it. Elizabeth, I love you. I was hoping you would give me the joy and honor of being your husband.

Elizabeth

Oh...

Mark

Is that a yes?

Elizabeth

Yes.

How long can I last on this pump?

Mark

A couple weeks.

Pretty lousy odds.

Mark

They were worse when you were having a heart attack and the chopper was going down.

Elizabeth

Mark, I have something to tell you. It's not going to be easy.

Mark

Go ahead.

Corday

Well, I know it's not exactly the best time, but, what the hell. I'm pregnant! Chen did an ultrasound. [long pause] What you thinking?

Mark

I think it's wonderful.

Elizabeth

I love you

Mark

I love you, too.

Elizabeth

I lied. I lied! The fact is I rushed. I rushed through, and didn't inspect the entire surgical field. That man will never walk again because I wanted to get out early for the weekend. And I couldn't even claim responsibility. I sat there, and I swore to God, and I lied to save myself.

Mark

God owes us one...I think you're allowed to be selfish for a while. [he moves his chair closer to hers] I didn't run into a street sign...I had a biopsy...Those headaches weren't from hockey.

Carter

Oh, Mark, I'm sorry. What are you gonna do?

Mark

Die, I guess.

Mark

I can't believe they call it a tumor board.

Elizabeth

Why? They discuss tumors.

Mark

No, but you'd think they could come up with something a little more aesthetic.

Elizabeth

Like what?

Mark

I don't know. Er, "You're Completely Boned" board.

Elizabeth

I heard they used to call it the "Poor Bastard" board, but too many people were showing up.

Mark

Someone told me that they tried the "Take Me Out Back and Shoot Me Now" board for a while.

Elizabeth

What, didn't stick?

Mark

No, surprisingly.

Elizabeth

Why not?

Mark

Too many letters, I guess.

Elizabeth

Mmm, pity.

Mark

Elizabeth? [pauses] Will we have this baby either way?

Elizabeth

What?

Mark

If that man comes out, and tells me we won't beat it, will we still have the baby?

Elizabeth

Of course.

Mark

It's weird, you know...how I've sent a couple of thousand people to the OR and...

Elizabeth

And?

Mark

And never been there myself.

I've got something growing on my heart. I'm not sure how to say it right.

Mark

Myxoma?

No, but it sounds like that.

Mark

Teratoma?

How'd you know?

Mark

I'm a doctor

Yeah, right.

Mark

Doctors get sick too, you know.

Anything on your mind?

Mark

That's why I'm here.

Elizabeth

You lost your cap.

Mark

I decided to wear my scar with pride.

Elizabeth

It adds character.

Mark

Scared a little kid. He called me "Humpty Dumpty".

Romano

Hey, Greene. Tell me you are not giving free needles to junkies.

Romano

No, no, no, no, on no basis, it's illegal.

Mark

Not if there's a public health emergency which there is.

Romano

How much of your brain did they cut out?

Mark

This does not put extra needles on the street.

Romano

I don't care. We're not gonna have a bunch of low-life junkies parading in and out of here.

Mark

So you're not interested in cutting back on HIV and... [struggling to get the word out]

Romano

And? What? Sounds like..?

Mark

Hep...

Romano

Hep?

Mark

Hep.

Romano

Hep? Heparin? Heptathlon?

Mark

Hepatitis.

Romano

Tough one. Tell you what, you wanna start a needle exchange do it from your house.