Connie Beauchamp quotes from Holby City

Connie

Unless Tom Campbell-Gore is wearing my skirt and heels, I'm in charge here.

Connie

Have you any idea what it took to save your life today? Three surgeons, two anaesthetists, not to mention the nurses, porters, theatre staff. It probably cost about £35,000 to put you back on your feet. And I ruined a perfectly good shirt.

Connie

[to Elliot] You know, one day hospitals might be run by people who actually understand how they work

Connie

[to Paul Rose] I don't think Mr Strachan's methods of getting his own way have changed since he was six.

Connie

[to Robbie] You translate what I say. Translate this. This is Mr. Clifford. Mr. Clifford is a General Surgeon. As we all were before graduating to the specialism of Cardiothoracics.

Connie

[voiceover] Please don't think me a coward. I know I should do this face-to-face, but I don't think that would help either of us. What I realised today is I can't take you away from Jayne and Christian - you need each other. Especially now. And I can't take them away from you, either. Watching you all together, I saw how much they mean to you. Your life is with them, John - it always has been. We just let our situation get out of hand. We broke our own rule. It was just meant to be snatched moments. That's what we were both looking for. We were not looking for involvement. We were not looking for commitment. We were just looking for a distraction from life. We don't even know each other, otherwise today would never have happened. Thankfully we can get out of this without causing anyone else pain. And that's how it started: no names, no knowledge, no future, no pain - just moments. I can't say I wish it had never happened. I just maybe wish circumstances had been different. Look after yourself, John, and goodbye.

Connie

Really, at your age, the fewer people that know the better.

Connie

I want her on her bloody hands and knees for what she did to me... I want her head on a platter!

Connie

You can either have me—Doctor Death—or no-one.

Connie's one of the best in the country.

But not the best.

Connie

Well, who knows? They don't run cardiothoracic competitions!

Philip's got the hots for you.

Connie

You noticed that, did you?

He was like a puppy with a toilet roll.

Connie

When I want something...

...You're like a rottweiler with a crowbar!

Connie

I don't know how you work in this shoebox.

Ric

It's not so bad.

Connie

Really? By whose standards?

Ric

Well, you see, we leave our egos at the door - that way, there's more room.

Sam

You're here to observe, Mrs Beauchamp, until Mr Hope arrives.

Connie

Ridiculous rule! My pregnancy wasn't a problem yesterday. Today I'm deemed unfit!

But you can't get close enough to the patient in your condition, Mrs Beauchamp. The Trust is thinking of you and Dr. Griffin.

Connie

A large stomach doesn't seem to hamper Mr. Hope!

I aren't going in a private ambulance!

Connie

Think of it as a taxi with a defibrillator.

Connie

Are you disputing my diagnosis Mr Strachan?

Sam

Of course not.

Connie

Because in my humble, professional opinion, that's a dead body.