TV show quotes
That is an ER attending coding on the table, and this is not a teaching case. So please, turn around, walk out, get your attending, and come back now.
I'm sure Dr. Wheeler would prefer if I at least examined...
I'm trying to remain professional here, Emily, but if you're not walking away from me within three seconds, I swear to God, I may start doing compressions on your head!
Morris. You saved me? I'll never live it down.
What you're about to see is a document of those who serve as the gatekeepers. My name is Martin... Frank Martin.
Jerry Markovic.
The few, the proud...
The desk clerks!
I reached a point about 5 years ago, where I started to feel that every day was the same thing, and I'd had enough. But I've been through a lot of stuff since then. And now, [pause] I try to embrace the idea that everything that happens has never happened before. Like, the saying that you can't stand in the same river twice, because by the time that you come back, it's not the same river, and you're not the same man. [pause] Anyway... I look around at this place now and can't imagine ever finding it boring, because right at the moment that you think you've seen it all, something happens that you never could've expected. [the monitor starts to beep, and Carter turns the sound off, smiles at the camera, then sighs deeply with a serious look on his face]
[Carter is waiting for his surgeon to arrive]
Does anybody know when he's coming? How about a rough estimate? More than a minute, less than a hockey season? More than an hour, but less than the lifespan of a giant redwood tree.
Carter.
I'm so hungry, thirsty. I'm tired. I'm cold. My arm just fell asleep.
Stop being a baby.
Plus I feel like I'm hanging out of this thing. Can someone cover up my crotch please?
[Sam and Neela are on their way back to Chicago with donated organs]
How much time do we have?
Eight hours. Eight hours until this heart needs to be beating in a chest or we might as well chop it up and use it a shepherd's pie.
[Bringing in coffee and bagels] The cappuccino machine is broken, so no lattes.
No lattes in Seattle. Is that some sort of cruel joke?
[to Lucy] You know, having someone that you really care about, who you really love, who's sick, that's a lot like running a marathon. Be sure to take one step at the time, one day at the time, but if you keep running and having faith that it'll happen, then one day, eventually, you finish the race.
The truth is a time bomb, but once it's out, it can't hurt you anymore; you can move on, you can move forward.
So many times in my life I failed to take a chance, even when it was clear to everyone else, including me, that I should have.
Did that soft collar come down from central?
Yes.
Were you going to tell me, or keep me waiting?
I forgot! So shoot me!
Don't tempt me.
Big night? Are you popping the question?
Are you crazy? We're still in the honeymoon phase. A year from now, we'll hate each other's guts.
And I thought romance was dead.
This is totally random, but sometimes I imagine a night, in the future, a night where I would take you out, spend money, make a big deal about it, and it would end like this. [he places a friendship bracelet doubled up in the shape of a ring on Claudia's finger] When I ask you to marry me. What do you think?
I think I'd say yes.
Can I help you?
You don't remember me.
Should I?
God, it's amazing how little has changed around here... My dad used to be on staff
Mmm hmm.
Mark Greene. I'm his daughter Rachel.
Gates, is it my imagination, or is Dr. Carter, who is not on duty by the way, in Trauma One with a patient demonstrating IV placement to a college student.
What?
Never mind... Jerry, why is Dr. Carter performing medical procedures on our patients?
Uh... because he's a doctor.
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