Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch Quotes

Never apologize for feeling something for your patients.[to Melissa]

I subscribe to the Falstaff advice. Discretion is the better part of valor.

We are failing young men, because we don’t teach them how to express their emotions. We just tell them to man up, and then we let them get their lessons in manhood from toxic podcasts. And these young men then feel isolated from themselves and society, and they find community and comfort in all the wrong places.[to Theresa]

Nurses know what they’re doing. Never hesitate to listen to them.[to Dennis]

You sound like me. That’s not a good thing.[to Dana]

You have to think of these walls like a force field. You cannot let anything in. Your mother’s not in here. She is out there. You keep everything out there. That is the key. That is the difference between the best doctors and the ones that don’t make it.[to Samira]

Where does it say that shaming, belittling, and insulting are effective teaching tools? Let me just tell you, harassment has zero educational value. You’re feeling upset? She’s getting under your skin? Check yourself. Take a break.[to Frank]

What is your gut telling you?[Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch]Her gut?[Baran Al-Hashimi]Yeah, it’s this thing that AI will never have.[Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch]

What about Social Services? Have they found a temporary foster home for our baby Jane Doe?[Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch]Still working on it.[Dana Evans]Kid’s gonna be old enough to drive by the time she gets out of here.[Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch]

This place will break your heart. But it is also full of miracles, and that is a testament to all of you coming together and doing what we do best.

This place sucks. I will destroy you on Yelp. Nobody’s ever coming to this s***hole again. I swear to God.[Patient]
From your mouth to God’s ear.[Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch]

The most important things I’ve ever done in my life have been in this hospital. Nothing will ever matter more than what I’ve done in this hospital, but it is killing me. You know how they say that a part of you dies when you lose someone you love? I’m not convinced that a part of you doesn’t die every time you see a fellow human pass. And I’ve seen so many people die that I feel like it’s leaching something from my soul.[to Abbott]