Grey's Anatomy quotes

George

Paging Dr. Karev-ian [laughter]

Bailey

What did you just say?

George

Ah-it, it's a joke, Kevorkian, Karev-ian...Alex Karev?

Bailey

I get the joke. I just don't think it's funny. You see this O'Malley? I make one mistake with this scalpel and this man's dead. My husband, he makes mistakes at his job all the time. As far as I know he's never killed anyone but I have. And YOU WILL. And Alex did. He made a math mistake and a man died for it. Run that past your accountant - see how he'd feel if every mistake he made, someone ended up dead. You don't have to like Alex, you don't have to care about him, but you damn well have to be on his side.

Addison

Well, it is Christmas. Christmas, Derek, we love Christmas. At least we used to.

Derek

[pauses] Christmas makes you want to be with people you love. [pauses] I'm not saying this to hurt you, or because I want to leave you, because I don't. Meredith wasn't a fling. She wasn't revenge. I fell in love with her. That doesn't go away because I decided to stay with you.

Meredith

[voiceover] There's an old proverb that says you can't choose your family. You take what the fates hand you. And like them or not, love them or not, understand them or not, you cope. Then there's the school of thought that says the family you're born into is simply a starting point. They feed you, and clothe you, and take care of you until you're ready to go out into the world and find your tribe.

Meredith

[voiceover] Fresh starts thanks to the calendar they happen every year — just set your watch to January. Our reward for surviving the holiday season is a new year, bringing on the great tradition of new year's resolutions. Put your past behind you and start over. It's hard to resist the chance of a new beginning, a chance to put the problems of last year to bed.

Meredith

Such a good dog! Who's Mommy's good boy? You're such a good boy. [Turns and looks at Izzie and George] What are you guys doing in there, we're gonna be late.

George

We need to talk about the dog.

Izzie

That's not a dog, it's a hyena that escaped from the zoo, dressed in dog clothing.

George

Whatever. I don't chew up his clothes. I don't urinate on his bed. I don't try to mount him from behind.

Meredith

People, he's our dog. We love our dog. He loves us.

Izzie

He tries to mount you from behind?

George

He tries to.

Derek

[to Addison] There is a land called Passive Agressiva, and you are their queen.

Addison

I am fine.

Derek

Except when you're shrieking about trout.

Addison

I was not shrieking about trout.

Derek

You're right, you weren't. You were shrieking about Meredith.

Addison

No, I was shrieking about the trailer. I hate the trailer.

Derek

Oh, okay so the past three weeks have been about the trailer.

Addison

Yes.

Derek

Not about the fact that I said I love Meredith.

Addison

Loved.

Derek

What?

Addison

You said you loved her, past tense.

Derek

Right, yes, past tense.

Addison

Well, then I have been shrieking about the trailer.

Meredith

[voiceover] Who gets to determine when the old ends and the new begins? It's not a day on a calendar, not a birthday, not a new year. It's an event — big or small, something that changes us, ideally it gives us hope, a new way of living and looking at the world. Letting go of old habits, old memories. What's important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning. But it's also important to remember that amid all the crap are a few things really worth holding on to.

Meredith

[voiceover] As doctors, we're trained to be skeptical, because our patients lie to us all the time. The rule is: every patient is a liar until proven honest. Lying is bad. Or so we're told constantly from birth — honesty is the best policy, the truth shall set you free, I chopped down the cherry tree, whatever. The fact is, lying is a necessity. We lie to ourselves because the truth, the truth freaking hurts.

Cristina

We're in an elevator. That's your specialty, right? McDreamy moments in elevators?

Derek

Dr. Yang...

Cristina

You know what? For just a moment, I'm not Dr. Yang and you're not Dr. Shepherd. You're the guy who screwed up my friend. The guy who drove her to get a dog she can't keep, the dog she only got because her boyfriend lied to her about his wife.

Derek

I never lied to her.

Cristina

You know, I know a liar when I see one because I'm a liar. You want me to lie to the patient? Fine, I'll lie.

Bailey

I may be forty-seven months pregnant. I may be on bed rest. I may not be able to see my own feet. But I am Dr. Bailey. I hear everything. I know everything. I'm watching each and every one of you. And I will return.

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.

Meredith

[voiceover] No matter how hard we try to ignore it or deny it, eventually the lies fall away, whether we like it or not. But here's the truth about the truth: It hurts. So we lie.

Meredith

[voiceover] In surgery, there is a red line on the floor that marks the point where the hospital goes from being accessible to being off limits to all but a special few. Crossing the line unauthorized is not tolerated. In general, lines are there for a reason. For safety. For security. For clarity. If you choose to cross the line, you pretty much do so at your own risk. So why is it, that the bigger the line, the greater the temptation to cross it?

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.

Webber

We need an additional 40 nurses to relieve the overtime that they're striking about. That's 2 million dollars a year we don't have.

Derek

Have you checked under the couch? I always find spare change under the cushions.