Dr. Beale quotes from St. Elsewhere

Dr. Beale

You know, they say that paranoids make the very best chess players because with every move, they naturally assume that their opponent is out to get them.

Dr. Beale

[to Reinhardt] You lack a good, healthy fear of life, Andrew. That's why it's so easy for you to take the lives of others. You have been sheltered and protected for so long that you feel invincible. Well, that sense of invincibility is an illusion.

Dr. Beale

My uncle Jumbo once said 'Never buy anything from a man who could someday operate on you'.

Dr. Beale

[talking about Jane to Westphall] She spent one very passionate afternoon in the arms of a total stranger and now she's three months pregnant. The problem is, she's only been out of here for two months. Somebody stole the cookies from the cookie jar.

Dr. Beale

[to Westphall] Donald, don't let this stuff get you down. As Coach Bum Phillips once said of Earl Campbell, "You may not be the only one in your class, but it sure wouldn't take long to call roll."

Dr. Beale

Fiscus is regaling us with malpractice horror stories.

Dr. Fiscus

And they're all true.

Dr. Chandler

How come, in all these stories, the hospital never wins?

Dr. Fiscus

Those are the dull ones.

Dr. Beale

Castody killed himself a couple of hours ago.

Dr. Morrison

What?!

Dr. Beale

He left a note.

Dr. Morrison

What did it say?

Dr. Beale

"I hope the next world is better than this."