E.R. quotes

Pratt

Neela, you could be the best doctor here- Hell, everybody knows you're five times smarter- but most of the time, you're in your head.

Neela

You're right, I am. I... blow things out of proportion, I obsess.

Pratt

So stop.

Neela

Well, it's just- I come here, I do my shift, I go home, I sleep. I can't believe this is my life!

Pratt

See, now that's the problem. This cannot be your life. You need to go out, you need to have some fun- when was the last time you were on a date?

Neela

Why does everybody seem to think I need to get laid?!

Pratt

[grins, pats her shoulder] Trust me on this- sometimes it helps.

Neela

When you have a cut, or some injury, but all you have in the house is one of those band-aids that don't even stay on, they don't really help the problem at all. This would be very nice, I'm sure. It already was... can you see what I mean?

Um... I'm a tiny band-aid?

[regarding Neela's dinner outfit] If that's your deep-dish outfit, I'm glad I didn't say French food.

Luka

[about Steve being back in town] What do you wanna do?

I'm not gonna run away again. Especially not now. I don't want you to have to worry, it's my problem.

Luka

I kinda think it's our problem.

Alex

Luka!

It's nothing, kiddo. Just a little disagreement.

Luka

[to Alex] What's all that for?

Alex

We're going to Florida. My dad's got a place by the beach where we can watch the whales migrate. Mom said it was OK.

Luka

Alex, go back up!

Alex

No!!!

Luka

Alex, now!

Easy, Hoss. Not your kid!

Luka

Listen. You can take what you want, I don't care, but he's not going anywhere with you.

Abby

[to Neela] Should I continue being oblivious or do you want to explain why you're bleeding from your cuticles?

Abby

How come you have to panhandle?

Because they're not hiring at Hooters.

Ray Barnett

[Ray's patient has cancer] Well, that sucks. She's a nice lady.

Pratt

Yeah, I hear that's a risk factor for cancer.

Who's gonna get me to the doctor all the time? Who's gonna stay with me when I'm spittin' up all night? Who's gonna help me up the stairs when I'm too weak to walk? Who's gonna do that? You?

Carter

When I was a student on my surgical rotation, Rubadoux's wife was very sick. She was part of this research study. When her results, uh... when she was no longer useful, there was a lot of pressure to get her out. So I did. I dumped her into a nursing home.

Abby

Did she belong in one?

Carter

We all figured she'd end up back in the hospital which would be on Medicine's shoulders, not ours.

Abby

So...? Surgery dumps another patient on Medicine. Happens every day.

Carter

I told Rubadoux that she was going to get better, told him that her situation was going to improve, told him what he wanted to hear... you know, when you're a student, you're so desperate for approval. You want everybody to like you: you want your patients to like you, you want their families to like you. Gotta be efficient too, though. You gotta impress your superiors.

Abby

Yeah, you don't have to tell me. I'm still on the bottom rung of the ladder.

Carter

I mean, when the Chief of Surgery tells you to get rid of her, you get rid of her.

Abby

Yeah.

Carter

And then she came back three days later, and she died and Rubadoux was so surprised. Ultimately it was the Attending's fault. It wasn't my responsibility.

Carter

I need to know everything about your patients. I need to know the status of every single one of them. I need to know how they are, where they are, where they're going, why they're going. You're still an intern, Ray. I'm the attending. I'm responsible.

Ray

I'm sorry.

Luka

John! What happened on the Morris meeting?

Carter

I don't know. I left.

Luka

Kerry's leaning towards him.

Carter

Yeah, well, OK.

Luka

Well, OK?

Carter

We've had worse.

Luka

No, I don't think so.

Something wrong with my kidneys?

Abby

No. I don't know. I don't know yet.

Yeah, well. Uh, why don't you come back when you're less confused.

Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make. Effective immediately, I am your new chief resident!

Pratt

This is a joke, right?

Susan

This is my home! This is where I started! This is where I want to stay! Sometimes, I get this feeling that you want to be anywhere but here, Carter.