House M.D. (TV Series)

The Greater Good (2009)

Hugh Laurie: Dr. Gregory House

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• Dr. Gregory House : [Cuddy gives his cane back. To his cane]  Thought I'd never see you again Little, Little Greg.

  [to a passer-by] 

  Dr. Gregory House : Yeah you heard me right.

• Dr. Gregory House : Why do you think the elevators would be out to get me?

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : I don't know. Maybe they wanted to take time off to spend with their little dumbwaiter but then they had to leave it at home with an elevator sitter because you drove the replacement elevator into quitting because you're incapable of listening to anybody but me. But that's just a theory.

  Dr. Gregory House : You're wrong. I don't even listen to you. Either do your job or go home. Leave me out of it!

  Dr. Lisa Cuddy : I am going to do my job. Doesn't mean I have to do it happily. Doesn't mean I have to do it without resentment, and it definitely doesn't mean I have to do it without seeking vengeance on the person making me be here. Congratulations, you've officially dragged me down to your level.

  Dr. Gregory House : Okay.

• Dr. Gregory House : People act in their own self-interests. You're all here because you're happy to be here. Or at least because it's your best option.

  Dr. Lawrence Kutner : I'm here because I want to help people.

  Dr. Gregory House : No, you're here because it makes you feel good to help people. Taub and Foreman are here because they got no other viable choices, and Thirteen is desperate to make her life matter before it's over.

  Dr. Chris Taub : So, you're happy to be here?

  Dr. Gregory House : Does it show?

• Dr. Gregory House : The only time to strike back is when I want something. All I want now is to get things back to normal. Which I can't get by escalating. The only way to win this war is to lose it. Let her punch herself out.

• Dr. Gregory House : He asked for my advice before he switched you off the placebo. I told him to do it if he loved you.

  Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley : He only thinks he loves me.

  Dr. Gregory House : It's the same thing! Yes, he's an idiot. You didn't ask him to do anything, you're pissed off that he did. So let him torch his career to pay for his sins. Unless you actually feel something for the idiot. In which case, you might want to tell him to turn around.

• Dr. James Wilson : I hear Cuddy's SEAL training finally came in handy. Should I be investing in a flak jacket?

  Dr. Gregory House : You're safe.

• Dr. Eric Foreman : I want to be able to tell her this happened to other people and they're fine now.

  Dr. Gregory House : So tell her!

  Dr. Eric Foreman : I'm not going to lie to her.

  Dr. Gregory House : Little late for that.

  [the elevator door starts to close. House stops it with his cane] 

  Dr. Gregory House : You need to wait. Because if this thing doesn't go away, she's going to need you to still have a medical license.