Grey's Anatomy Quotes

S01E06 - If tomorrow never comes

Meredith: "A couple hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. 'Never leave that til tomorrow,' he said, 'which you can do today.' This is the man who discovered electricity. You'd think more of us 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 say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of pain, 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? Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true. That by the time the pain of not doing a thing gets worse than the fear of not doing it, it can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumor. And you thought I was speaking metaphorically."  

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Dr. Burke: "If I don't relieve the pressure on her lungs, she'll be dead, so she won't mind if she can't walk."
Dr. Bailey: "You think she really wants to live? Come on. She's been housebound. She's been living under this thing, just watching it grow for how long? She doesn't seem stupid. Doesn't even seem all that scared. Why would anyone wait as long unless they wanted to die?"
Derek: "People do things every day that they know could kill them. Doesn't mean they want to die."

Derek: "You know the call you the Nazi."
Miranda: "So I've heard."

George: "Dr. Burke is great and Dr. Bailey. I know you're probably scared."
Patient: "It's OK, kitten. You can just do your job. You don't have to talk to the fat, nasty tumour lady. I mean, I let it get this bad. How much sympathy do I deserve?"
George: "Why did you let it get this bad?"
Patient: "You're the first person since I got here to ask me that."
George: "Well, I guess it's just like the elephant in the room."
Patient: "Elephant..."
George: "I mean..."
Patient: "It's more like a giant sow, don't you think?"

Patient: "Everytime I went to the hospital, someone died. All four of my grandparents, then my dad. My best friend's mom, my baby sister. They all went in, never came out. So, I put it off."
George: "You're not the only one to put things off. I mean, I never do anything till the last possible minute."
Patient: "Like what?"
George: "Well.. I've had this thing for my roomate since like day one, and I just... I can't tell her. She probably wouldn't go out with my anyway, but how do I know that for sure if I don't ever ask?"
Patient: "Seriously? You're equating your pathetic love life with my tumour? Seriously?"

Alex: "Is it true you get to scrub in on that tumour?"
Cristina: "Don't sit here."
Izzy: "You get to scrub in? How psyched are you?"
Cristina: "On a scale of one to ecstatic, ecstatic."
Alex: "It's unbelievable. You know what I think? I think Burke wants to get in your scrubs."
Cristina: "Why are you sitting here?"
Alex: "He kicked me off that surgery for the same crap you pull every day."
Cristina: "You know what? If I stuck this fork into his thigh, would I get in trouble?"
Meredith: "Not if you make it look like an accident."

George: "Well, bad days are bad. Maybe tonight if you know, if you drink alcohol, I mean, we could all of us, I mean go out and drink alcohol. Because of the bad day."
Meredith: "I got to go."
Alex: "Dude..."
George: "Shut up."

Woman: "Dad, you're being unreasonable. The doctors are only trying to help you."
Patient: "It's my damn life, and it's my damn brain. You want me to let them cut up my brain while I'm lying here awake, for what?"
Woman: "Dad!"
Patient: "I'll be at your wedding. I will sit in the back. Your uncle will walk you down the aisle. I know it's not perfect, but it's life. Life is messy sometimes."
Woman: "I know that." (leaves)
Patient: "If she knows, then what the hell are we still talking for? Why in hell can't she drop it?"
Meredith: "It is your life. But it's her life too. And you have a chance to get better here. And all she's asking you to do is try."

Derek: "How you doing, Mr. Levangie?"
Patient: "All right. Where's blondie?"
Meredith: "I'm right here. Can't you see me?"
Patient: "I'm shaky, I'm not blind. Anything goes wrong here, I'm blaming you." 
Meredith: "Okay, in that case I'll stay where you can see me."

Meredith: "Dr. Shepherd. Sorry I called you a jackass."
Derek: "You didn't."
Meredith: "I did. Twice."

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"The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we haven'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 meant. That knowing is better than wondering. That waking is better than sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the worst, most intractable mistake, beats the hell out of never trying."