Grey's Anatomy

Burke: Look, I'm just...What is this...that we're doing here? What is it? Cristina: You need a definition? You... really want to be that guy? Burke: Lock the door.

Meredith: Dr. Bailey. I didn't know...that he was my boss, when I met him. I didn't know. Bailey: I don't care. Meredith: Really? Oh, well, you sort of seemed to not be talking to me, so I ... Bailey: You see this, what's happening right here? This is the problem with you sleeping with my boss. Not whether or not you know him before, but how it affects my day. And me standing here talking to you about your sex life affects my day. And the longer this little fling goes on, the more favors you get over the others, who are fighting tooth and nail just to make it through this program without any assistance. When those people start finding out what's going on and they don't want to work with you and talk to you or look at you, and they start bitching and moaning at me, the more it affects my day. So, no, Dr. Grey, I don't care what you know, or when you know it. Are we understood? Meredith: Yes. Bailey: Good.

Meredith: Shepherd's a jackass. Izzie: Really? I think he's kind of great. Cristina: He reamed her out in front of Bailey. Izzie: Why? Meredith: 'Cause he's a jackass.

Meredith (about Derek): It's just that he blatantly favors me in front of her and then blatantly dismisses me. Cristina: How do you know he was favoring you? Look, you've got a brain. You got into this program. Just because Shepherd wants to munch your cookies doesn't mean you didn't deserve what you worked for. Meredith: But he's making me look bad. I have to end it. Cristina: Right. Meredith: It's over. Cristina: Uh, huh.

Meredith: You're late. Cristina: So are you. Meredith: I know, and I can't afford to piss off Bailey any more. Do you think she told anyone? Cristina: About you and McDreamy? Meredith: Yeah. Cristina: No, he's her boss too. Meredith: If they find out, what can they...? Can they kick me out, or...? Cristina: No... Not officially. You'll just get edged out, blacklisted, banned from his surgeries, passed over for chief resident. (sighs) It'll be humiliating, but you'll live. Meredith: I have to end it. I definitely have to end it. I have to end it, right? Cristina: Meredith, shut up. Meredith: What? (Meredith and Cristina are rushing upstairs and through hallway) Did you seriously just tell me to shut up? Cristina: Oh, please. You got a hot doctor who likes to make you open up, and say "ahh." It's the American dream, stop whining about it. Meredith: No. No good can come from sleeping with your boss.

Meredith (closing voiceover): 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.

Meredith (opening voiceover): A couple 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'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?

Derek: Bailey was on the warpath. I was trying to protect you. Meredith: You trying to protect me is why she's on the warpath. You can't do me favors. You can't ask me to scrub in when I haven't earned it. Derek: Okay, okay. Meredith: And you can't treat me like crap when I haven't earned that either. Derek: Okay. Meredith: I can take care of myself. I got myself into this mess, and I... Derek: And you'll get yourself out?! Meredith: I don't... know that yet. (Derek's pager goes off, they arrive at the elevator) Don't let me keep you. Derek: You did great work here today. Meredith: Dr. Shepherd? Derek: Yeah? Meredith: Sorry I called you a jackass. Derek: You didn't. Meredith: I did. Twice.

Derek: Miranda. Bailey: Excuse me? Derek: Well, that's your name right? It's on your jacket. All right, fine, I'll just call you Bailey then. Bailey: You think you charming, in that talented, neurotic, overly moussed hair sorta way. Good for ya. But if you think I'm gonna stand back and watch while you favor her... Derek: I don't favor her. She's good. Bailey: I'm sure she is. (the elevator opens and Bailey gets out) Derek: You know, can I point out, that technically, I'm your boss. Bailey: You don't scare me. Look, I'm not gonna advertise your extracurricular activities with my intern. However, the next time I see you favorin' Meredith Grey in any way I'll make sure she doesn't see the inside of an O.R. for a month. (turns and walks away) Just for the sake of balance!

Cristina (to Burke after sleeping with him): That was definitely worth being late. Burke: Thanks.

Meredith (upon seeing Derek): Crap! Derek: Crap!? Meredith: Hi. I'm late. Derek: You're avoiding me. Meredith: Yes, but also late. Derek: Are we gonna talk about this? Meredith: No. Derek: About us, and Bailey, and what she saw. Meredith: I don't need to talk about it. I experienced it - naked. Derek: This is getting complicated. Meredith: Complicated, for me. I'm the intern sleeping with the attending. Bailey isn't speaking to me anymore. Derek: Mmh, not that that's a bad thing. If I was a better guy, I'd walk away. Meredith: Yes, you would. Derek: Do you want me to be a better guy? Meredith: Yes. (he pushes elevator button) No. Crap! I'm late. (she walks away)

Meredith: Are you really as shallow and callous as you seem? Alex: Oh, do you want to go out for a drink later, and hear about my secret pain? Meredith: Does that line ever work for you? Alex: Sometimes. Meredith: Oh. Must be because you look like that. Alex: Like what? (she gives him a look and he laughs) So is that a yes? Meredith: No. I can't, I'm seeing someone. Alex: Look, if you don't wanna go out with me just say so, you don't need to lie. Meredith: Oh, okay. Well, I don't want to go out with you... but I think I really might be seeing someone.

Izzie (regarding Meredith): Life is short, George. Do you really want to die before you ever ask her out? George: I do not want to ask her out. Izzie: Do you really want to die a liar? George: I'm not a... I'm not dying!

Alex (yelling): You opened a heart bedside and you couldn't even page me? What needed all the glory for yourself, right? Izzie (yelling): I paged you 50 times. Do you have any idea what I have been through? (Alex looks at his pager) Alex: Oh, man. The battery. I forgot to change it. Izzie: You forgot? You forgot?! (she throws his pager on the floor, braking it, and starts jumping up and down on it) You are hateful! You are a hateful, hateful, lazy, arrogant, hateful man! Hateful! (leaves scrub room) Derek (in the OR overhearing): Never a dull moment at Seattle Grace.

Derek: You know, they call you the Nazi. Bailey: So I've heard.

Annie (to George): Seriously? You're equating your pathetic love life with my record-breaking tumor? Seriously?