Grey's Anatomy: Quotes
Meredith Grey: [after a one-night stand with Derek Shepherd] I'm going to go upstairs and take a shower. When I came back, you'll be gone right?
Meredith Grey: Did you let me scrub in for this operation because I slept with you?
Derek Shepherd: Yes. Just kidding.
Christina Yang: I get angry when I go without sleep.
Derek Shepherd: This is a good day to save lives. Let's have some fun.
Katie Bryce: My head is full.
Meredith Grey: It's called thinking. Go with it.
Meredith Grey: Don't look at me like that, like you've seen me naked.
Katie Bryce: You are so lost.
Meredith Grey: I am not lost. Okay?
Dr. Preston Burke: The only person that can keep a promise so big is God, and I haven't seen him pick up a scalpel lately.
Dr. Derek Shepherd: [to a patient and rapist whose victim bit off his penis] I have good new and bad news. The good news is that we managed to stop the bleeding. The bad news is that we gave your penis to the cops.
Dr. Derek Shepherd: It's not the chase.
Dr. Meredith Grey: What?
Dr. Derek Shepherd: You and me. It is not the thrill of the chase. It's not a game. It's? it's your tiny ineffectual fists. And your hair.
Dr. Meredith Grey: My hair?
Dr. Derek Shepherd: It smells good. And you're very, very ballsy. It keeps me in line.
Dr. Meredith Grey: I'm still not going out with you.
Dr. Derek Shepherd: You say that now.
Dr. Richard Webber: Just shut up and count backwards already.
George O'Malley: Uh, Mr. Mackie I can't go out with you. Your not my type, I mean your a guy.
Lloyd Mackie: George, I knew you weren't gay.
Meredith Grey: I can't think of a single reason why I should be a surgeon, but I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit. They make it hard on purpose... there are lives in our hands. There comes a moment when it's more than just a game, and you either take that step forward or turn around and walk away. I could quit but here's the thing, I love the playing field.
Meredith Grey: We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?
Meredith Grey: At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.
Meredith Grey: You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.
Meredith Grey: At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.
Meredith Grey: A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
Meredith Grey: [about her new roommates] I can't stand them.
Christina Yang: Why? What do they do?
Meredith Grey: Do? They do everything! They act cute, and watch movies together, and talk, and laugh, and share food, and... breathe...
Christina Yang: Get rid of them.
Christina Yang: If I miss a real procedure because of this case, they're gonna call me double o seven because I killed you.
Meredith Grey: Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.
Meredith Grey: You're my teacher's teacher. And my teacher.
Derek Shepherd: I'm your sister. I'm your daughter.
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: You wanna see it? You really wanna see it? Fine! Let's look at that tattoo up close and personal, shall we? What are these? Oh, my God! Breasts! How does anybody practice medicine hauling these things around? And what have we got back here? Lets see if I remember my anatomy. Gluts, right? Lets study them, shall we? Gather around and check out the booty that put Izzie Stevens through Med. school! You wanna call me Dr. Model? That's fine. Just remember that while you're still sitting on 200 grand of student loans, I'm out of debt.
Christina Yang: You are eight feet tall. Your boobs are perfect. Your hair is down to there. If I was you I would just walk around naked all the time. I wouldn't have a job, I wouldn't have any skills, I wouldn't even know how to read. I would just be... naked.
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: It's makeup. It's retouching.
Christina Yang: You get that we hate you, right?