“Grey's Anatomy” quotes

“Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.”
Ellen Pompeo - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Sometimes it's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.”
James Pickens Jr. - Dr. Richard Webber

“It turns out sometimes you have to do the wrong thing. Sometimes you have to make a big mistake to figure out how to make things right. Mistakes are painful, but they're the only way to find out who we really are.”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Denny Duquette

“In the beginning everyone is there, but then they forget.”
Caterina Scorsone - Dr. Amelia Shepherd

“Okay, here it is, your choice... it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big 'pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window', unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.”
Ellen Pompeo - Dr. Meredith Grey

“If you want crappy things to stop happening to you, stop accepting crap and demand something more.”
Sandra Oh - Dr. Cristina Yang

“I've had to give up things but what I've learned is that I don't need much. I don't need much to be happy.”
Jessica Capshaw - Dr. Arizona Robbins

“Just because people do horrible things, it doesn't always mean they're horrible people.”
Katherine Heigl - Dr. Izzie Stevens

“Being aware of your crap and actually overcoming your crap are two very different things.”
Sandra Oh - Dr. Cristina Yang

“You didn't love her! You just didn't want to be alone. Or maybe, maybe she was good for your ego. Or, or maybe she made you feel better about your miserable life, but you didn't love her, because you don't destroy the person that you love!”
Sara Ramirez - Dr. Callie Torres

“You can have the worst crap in the world happen to you and you can get over it. All you gotta do is survive.”
Justin Chambers - Dr. Alex Karev

“Cause you never think that the last time is the last time. You think there will be more. You think you have forever, but you don't.”
Ellen Pompeo - Dr. Meredith Grey

“Oh screw beautiful! I'm brilliant! If you want to appease me, compliment my brain.”
Sandra Oh - Dr. Cristina Yang

“Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need.”
Sandra Oh - Dr. Cristina Yang

“Intimacy is a four letter syllable for- here's my heart and soul, please grind them into a hamburger and enjoy. It's both desired and feared. Difficult to live with, impossible to live without.”
Ellen Pompeo - Dr. Meredith Grey