Favorite Zoey Barkow Quotes
You're in my world now and in my world, there's prizes.
Sam, I have a sensitivity question about male piercings.
Zoey: What's larger: morbidly obese or super obese?
God: You know, when I hit my head, I've seen something.
Zoey: Like what? Like a bottle was throwing at you?
Zoey: At this very moment, I have no desire to stab you in the neck.
Lenny: Cool!
Zoey: Are you sexually active?
Patient: No. I pretty much just lie there.
Zoey: I'm not sure that I can do this. I mean I... You and Mo-mo, you're all so good at what you do. And the doctors... Oh my God! They're healers. And this place is so amazing. I got into nursing because I wanna help people, and I'm afraid I'm just slowing you down.
Jackie: What's this about? Nobody ate your muffins? You found an ear in the toilet? So what? You know what this job is honey? This job is wading through a shit storm of people who come into this place on the very worst day of their lives. Just so you know, doctors are here to diagnose, not heal. We heal. All saints is in the business of flipping beds. That's it. End of story. The fact that you have even the slightest inclination to help people puts you miles ahead of 100 percent of the population. So stop crying, okay? Buck up. If you need to cry, go do it in the ladies' room. Is that clear?
Zoey: So I can totally text you highlights from the trenches every day. Sometimes even pictures.
Gloria: Does my phone get pictures?
Zoey: You and Eddie are really cute together.
Jackie: I am not afraid to kill you in front of a priest.
Thor: These gloves are so tight, I feel like OJ.
Zoey: That's the third time you said that today.
Thor: Like your material is so fresh.
Zoey: I haven't been able to go all day.
Jackie: Zoey, you can't talk to me when you're peeing.
Zoey: Nights are different.
Jackie: Yes. More stab wounds, more drunks, less nutjobs, less children. Okay, you prioritize by condition. Gunshots, stabbings, cardiac arrest followed by bleeders and shallow breathers.
Zoey: Shallow breathers. Got it. What about someone who can't breath at all.
Jackie: They are already dead. They go to the waiting room.
