George O'Malley quotes from Grey's Anatomy

George

Who here feels like they have no idea what they're doing?

George

[after his brother shoots his father on accident] You shot dad in the ass. Are you happy now?

George

[to Meredith]: You don't get to choose. I know you've been going through a bad time. I know you miss Shepherd. And I know that your life has, admittedly, been pretty unpleasant these days. You get points for breathing in and out. You get to be a little selfish. But you don't get to choose a dog over me... I'm George. I sleep down the hall from you. I buy your tampons. I have held your hand, every time you asked. I've earned the right to be seen. To be respected. To not have you think of me, as less than a dog that you got at the pound. So, I'm not moving out. Whether you like it or not, I'm staying.

George

Dad's a truck driver, mom's a teacher. The evening news shows me crossing a picket line, they'll outlive me just to pee on my grave.

George

[voiceover] Okay, so, sometimes even the best of us make rash decisions. Bad decisions. Decisions we pretty much know we're going to regret the moment, the minute, especially the morning after. I mean, maybe not regret, regret because at least, you know, we put ourselves out there. But... still. Something inside us decides to do a crazy thing. A thing we know will probably turn around and bite us in the ass. Yet, we do it anyway. [...] What I'm saying is... we reap what we sow. What comes around goes around. It's karma and, any way you slice it... karma sucks. Like I was saying, payback's a bitch.

George

[voiceover] One way or another our karma will leave us to face ourselves. We can look our karma in the eye or we can wait for it to sneak up on us from behind. One way or another, our karma will always find us. And the truth is, as surgeons, we have more chances than most to set the balance in our favor. No matter how hard we try we can't escape our karma. It follows us home. I guess we can't really complain about karma. It's not unfair. It's not unexpected. It just... evens the score. And even when we're about to do something we know will tempt karma to bite us in the ass... well, it goes without saying. We do it anyway.

George

Well, Dr. Bailey did save your life today. A black woman saved your life at a great personal cost. So, maybe next time you're looking at your tattoo and you're thinking how much better all us white guys are than everyone else, you should think about that. 'Cause between you and me, if I'd been alone in that O.R., you'd probably be dead right now. And, uh, since we're sharing belief systems, I believe if you were dead, the world would be a better place.

Meredith

I wish I wanted to be a chef, or a ski instructor, or a kindergarten teacher.

George

You know, I would have been a really good postal worker. I'm dependable.

George

You know, my parents tell everyone they meet that their son's a surgeon. As if it's a big accomplishment. Superhero or something... If they could see me now.

Meredith

When I told my mother I wanted to go to medical school, she tried to talk me out of it. Said I didn't have what it takes to be a surgeon, that I'd never make it. So the way I see it, superhero sounds pretty damn good.

George

You don't understand! Me gonads, you ovaries.

Izzie

Oh, that reminds me, we are out of tampons.

George

No, you're parading through the bathroom in your underwear, when I'm naked in the shower!

Izzie

You add it to your list, please?

George

What?

Izzie

Tampons!

Meredith

To the list, it's your turn.

George

I am a man! I don't buy girl products! I don't want you walking in while I'm in the shower. I don't want to see you in your underwear!

George

Who else did you invite?

Cristina

Izzie, we said the list was jocks only. Surgery, Trauma, Plastics. Who else?

Izzie

Just some people from Peds.

Cristina

You invited the preschoolers to Meredith’s house? The next thing you’ll say is you invited the shrinks.

Cristina

She invited mental defects. This party’s DOA.

George

You get any sleep?

Izzie

She could oil the bedsprings, as a courtesy, or at least buy a padded headboard.

George

So, who's the guy?

Izzie

You think it was just one guy doing all that work?

George

Do you mind if I don't think about that?

Izzie

Aw, you jealous?

George

Not jealous.

Izzie

Well, I am. But at least I know she'll be having a long day at work.

Izzie

Well, at least we know brain surgery isn't his only skill.

George

Yang. I'm scrubbing in on a hemospherectomy with Shepherd.

Cristina

[gasps] Get out! I would kill for that.

George

We're cutting out half a girl's brain, and it's going to work. It's outrageous. Almost makes it hard to hate him.

Cristina

Why do you hate him?

George

Oh, no reason.

Cristina

Oh, you know about him and Meredith?

George

You know?

Cristina

When are you gonna figure out that I know everything?

George

[to Izzie who is walking up the stairs] She knows.

Izzie

Oh, about doctorcest?

Cristina

It's been going on for, like, ever.

Izzie

Wha... seriously?

George

And you didn't tell us?

Cristina

Oh, you're a gossip, huh?

George

I am not!

Izzie

I am!

George

He's about to go into major brain surgery on no sleep? Not very responsible.

Cristina

Jealous much? Sex all night isn't about being responsible.

Izzie

No, it's about sex all night. I can't believe you're not more pissed off about this, you of all people.

Cristina

Well, she works hard all day. She's good at her job, why should you care how she unwinds? I mean you like to bake all night, some people like to drink, others like an occasional screaming orgasm.

Alex

[Walking up] Yeah we do.

Derek

Let me explain.

George

It's fine!

Derek

No, there is a code among doctors. We're not supposed to ask each other questions. Not within the walls of this hospital.

George

OK, I was out of line.

Derek

No, you weren't. I was. I was out of line. Somebody should have taken responsibility. And it should have been the guy doing the cutting. It should have been me. You didn't deserve what happened to you today. You did the right thing, code or no code.

Izzie

[After George comes out of the bathroom] There's no reason to be ashamed. It's normal, healthy even.

George

I'm not ashamed. 'Cause I wasn't doing anything. I don't have to. I have a girlfriend.

Izzie

An imaginary girlfriend?

George

An actual girlfriend.

Izzie

You know what? It's no big deal, you don't have to lie. I get it. You have needs.

Meredith

What is going on out here?

George

Nothing.

Izzie

[to Meredith] Nothing. He's freaked out because I caught him playing with little Jimmy and the twins.

George

[he turns around] I have a girlfriend.

Izzie

OK.

Cristina

Hey Syph-boy!

George

You told her?

Izzie

Just Cristina.

Alex

Syph-boy. It's got a nice ring to it; kind of like Super-boy, only diseased.