Moments. That’s all you get with the people you love.
Denny
- Creator
- Shonda Rhimes
- Cast
- Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T. R. Knight, Chandra Wilson
- Network
- American Broadcasting Company
- Genre
- medical drama
- Country
- United States
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09
Grey's Anatomy quotes come in two registers: lines characters say to each other, and the aphorisms of Meredith's voice-over narration that bookends most episodes. The narration is why so many circulating Grey's quotes -- 'Moments. That's all you get with the people you love.' -- read like freestanding proverbs: they were written to work without a scene attached.
I get angry when I go without sleep.
Dr. Cristina Yang
It’s like candy, but with blood. Which is so much better!
Dr. Cristina Yang
Modest looks weird on you.
Dr. George O’Malley
How do you know when how much is too much? Too much too soon. Too much information. Too much fun. Too much love. Too much to ask… And when is it all just too much to bear?
Dr. Meredith Grey
I want facts and until I get them my pants are staying on.
Dr. Meredith Grey
That is rude and unkind... and completely true.
Dr. Montgomery-Sheppard
If there's an upside to free falling, it's the chance you give your friends to catch you.
Meredith
Mistakes are painful, but they’re the only way to find out who you really are.
No man defines who you are.
On a day like this, a day when so many prayers are answered and so many aren’t, we take our miracles where we find them, we close the gap, and against all odds, against all logic, we touch.
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.
Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing, sometimes you have to make a big mistake to make things right.