Insensitive (Quotes)
Originally aired on February 13, 2007.
Herrick: So, what does a dean of medicine do?
Cuddy: Oh, can we please not talk about that. I will talk about anything else, but I'm just trying to get away from work.
Herrick: Metaphorically. Because, geographically the coffee place around the corner from the hospital probably isn't the furthest you could get.
Nurse: I've planned a surprise getaway.
House: Get away.
Nurse: Mmmhmm.
House: Get away.
(Nurse pauses).
House: Get. Away.
Cuddy: There are only two reasons anyone would want to screw with me tonight. Either they're an altruistic, decent person who's worried about my well being. Or they want me for themself.
House: You left out the third option. Evil b****** who just wants to mess with other people's happiness.
Wilson: (Speaking to House). Is it possible for you to just watch me eat or do you get some primeval thrill from beating the other hunters to the food?
Foreman: Maybe Cuddy will say no.
Chase: Cuddy never says no.
Cameron: That's not true.
Chase: Nobody ever says no. We don't say no.
Foreman: You don't say no.
Chase: He'll come back, he'll browbeat us, he'll give us seven reasons and eventually we'll fold. We all will, not just me.
Hannah: Boys can't hold me for too long because I can overheat.
House: Girls can't hold me for too long because I only pay for an hour.
Hannah: I can't run anywhere without examining all my toes for swelling.
House: I can't run.
House: You two must have met online. Either that or you've got a friend who secretly hates you.
Herrick: Don Herrick. Yeah, we connected through singleballroomdancelovers.com.
House: Why would he volunteer that information?
Herrick: Why would I hide it?
House: (Speaking to Cuddy). You didn't tell him that anything he said will be held against you?
Cuddy: You heard the conversation. I'm not interested in [House].
Herrick: I don't blame you.
Cuddy: I only said those things so that he wouldn't come back.
Herrick: I don't really care about my job. I do it well, I provide service - but my goal was always to make enough money to do the things that I really like; music, travel.
Cuddy: I like those things, too.
Herrick: You like them but they're not really important to you. I don't know whether its House, your job or if you just thrive on conflict. But. you should hear yourself when you're talking to him. Nothing else in the world's going on. You're focused, confident, compelling. Don't - don't take this the wrong way, but I'd like to go out with that woman.
House: I was curious. Since I'm not a cat, that's not dangerous.
Wilson: I don't think that metaphor was designed to actually warn cats.
Foreman: We need you!
House: What did the nerve biopsy show?
Foreman: Never did it.
House: Well, then do it.
Foreman: Can't.
House: Why?
Foreman: She's going to jump off the lobby balcony.
House: You think I can catch her?
House: It's hard to fake pain when you've never felt it. Takes an imaginative leap, Ms. Morganthal. That's one of them Jew names. Ashkenazis are a higher risk group.
Foreman: On the other hand, she says she doesn't have it. And she'd be dead by now if she'd never been diagnosed.
House: They killed our Lord. You gonna trust them?
Chase: CIPA means she's insensitive to pain. She still has scattered nerve fibers that could conduct pain but the signals don't make it to the brain. What if we give her more pain signals? A lot more pain signals, maybe some of them will make it through.
Cameron: You wanna torture her?
Chase: No... yes. We do this to anybody else, it's torture. Doing it to her, is no different than pricking a finger.
Cameron: You weren't shot because of pain, you were shot because you're a jerk.
House: Some think the two are connected.
Chase: Happy Valentine's Day.
Cameron: A holiday that only applies to people who are already paired up. For everyone else - it's Wednesday.
Chase: Wow. Thank you for that dash of cold water.
Cameron: So I'm thinking we should have sex.
Chase: That makes sense.
Cameron: Despite the wisdom of pop songs, there's no point in putting our lives on hold until love comes along. We're both healthy and busy people and we work together, so it's convenient.
Chase: Like microwave pizza?
Cameron: And, of all the people I work with, you're the one I'm least likely to fall in love with.
Chase: Like microwave pizza.
House: (Speaking to Cuddy). You could have left the scarf at home and just told him that you'd be wearing a look of desperation.
Foreman: The sacrifices you made were huge. But they were at the height of your love for him. Commitment is only commitment because it has no expiration date. You stand next to someone and watch them floss for 30 years like my parents have then ask for sacrifices. That's how you know the real thing. Cameron, I wasn't criticizing you. People who avoid commitment are people who know what a big thing it is.
House: Foreman, your girlfriend wants to know if you're available for Valentine's. Act surprised. What are you doing down here?
Foreman: The snowstorm. ER's short staffed. We're all supposed to be here - you're supposed to be here. You're an a**. Act surprised.
Hannah: I can't cry.
House: Neither can I.
Herrick: So, what does a dean of medicine do?
Cuddy: Oh, can we please not talk about that. I will talk about anything else, but I'm just trying to get away from work.
Herrick: Metaphorically. Because, geographically the coffee place around the corner from the hospital probably isn't the furthest you could get.
Nurse: I've planned a surprise getaway.
House: Get away.
Nurse: Mmmhmm.
House: Get away.
(Nurse pauses).
House: Get. Away.
Cuddy: There are only two reasons anyone would want to screw with me tonight. Either they're an altruistic, decent person who's worried about my well being. Or they want me for themself.
House: You left out the third option. Evil b****** who just wants to mess with other people's happiness.
Wilson: (Speaking to House). Is it possible for you to just watch me eat or do you get some primeval thrill from beating the other hunters to the food?
Foreman: Maybe Cuddy will say no.
Chase: Cuddy never says no.
Cameron: That's not true.
Chase: Nobody ever says no. We don't say no.
Foreman: You don't say no.
Chase: He'll come back, he'll browbeat us, he'll give us seven reasons and eventually we'll fold. We all will, not just me.
Hannah: Boys can't hold me for too long because I can overheat.
House: Girls can't hold me for too long because I only pay for an hour.
Hannah: I can't run anywhere without examining all my toes for swelling.
House: I can't run.
House: You two must have met online. Either that or you've got a friend who secretly hates you.
Herrick: Don Herrick. Yeah, we connected through singleballroomdancelovers.com.
House: Why would he volunteer that information?
Herrick: Why would I hide it?
House: (Speaking to Cuddy). You didn't tell him that anything he said will be held against you?
Cuddy: You heard the conversation. I'm not interested in [House].
Herrick: I don't blame you.
Cuddy: I only said those things so that he wouldn't come back.
Herrick: I don't really care about my job. I do it well, I provide service - but my goal was always to make enough money to do the things that I really like; music, travel.
Cuddy: I like those things, too.
Herrick: You like them but they're not really important to you. I don't know whether its House, your job or if you just thrive on conflict. But. you should hear yourself when you're talking to him. Nothing else in the world's going on. You're focused, confident, compelling. Don't - don't take this the wrong way, but I'd like to go out with that woman.
House: I was curious. Since I'm not a cat, that's not dangerous.
Wilson: I don't think that metaphor was designed to actually warn cats.
Foreman: We need you!
House: What did the nerve biopsy show?
Foreman: Never did it.
House: Well, then do it.
Foreman: Can't.
House: Why?
Foreman: She's going to jump off the lobby balcony.
House: You think I can catch her?
House: It's hard to fake pain when you've never felt it. Takes an imaginative leap, Ms. Morganthal. That's one of them Jew names. Ashkenazis are a higher risk group.
Foreman: On the other hand, she says she doesn't have it. And she'd be dead by now if she'd never been diagnosed.
House: They killed our Lord. You gonna trust them?
Chase: CIPA means she's insensitive to pain. She still has scattered nerve fibers that could conduct pain but the signals don't make it to the brain. What if we give her more pain signals? A lot more pain signals, maybe some of them will make it through.
Cameron: You wanna torture her?
Chase: No... yes. We do this to anybody else, it's torture. Doing it to her, is no different than pricking a finger.
Cameron: You weren't shot because of pain, you were shot because you're a jerk.
House: Some think the two are connected.
Chase: Happy Valentine's Day.
Cameron: A holiday that only applies to people who are already paired up. For everyone else - it's Wednesday.
Chase: Wow. Thank you for that dash of cold water.
Cameron: So I'm thinking we should have sex.
Chase: That makes sense.
Cameron: Despite the wisdom of pop songs, there's no point in putting our lives on hold until love comes along. We're both healthy and busy people and we work together, so it's convenient.
Chase: Like microwave pizza?
Cameron: And, of all the people I work with, you're the one I'm least likely to fall in love with.
Chase: Like microwave pizza.
House: (Speaking to Cuddy). You could have left the scarf at home and just told him that you'd be wearing a look of desperation.
Foreman: The sacrifices you made were huge. But they were at the height of your love for him. Commitment is only commitment because it has no expiration date. You stand next to someone and watch them floss for 30 years like my parents have then ask for sacrifices. That's how you know the real thing. Cameron, I wasn't criticizing you. People who avoid commitment are people who know what a big thing it is.
House: Foreman, your girlfriend wants to know if you're available for Valentine's. Act surprised. What are you doing down here?
Foreman: The snowstorm. ER's short staffed. We're all supposed to be here - you're supposed to be here. You're an a**. Act surprised.
Hannah: I can't cry.
House: Neither can I.
