The West Wing (TV Series)

Ellie (2001)

Mary Kay Place: Surgeon General Millicent Griffith

Quotes 

• Margaret Hooper : [the Surgeon General is waiting with Margaret outside Leo's office]  Red meat has been found to cause cancer in white rats. Maraschino cherries have been found to cause cancer in white rats. Cellular phones have been found to cause cancer in white rats. Has anyone examined the possibility that cancer might be hereditary in white rats?

  Surgeon General Millicent Griffith : Let me tell you something, I'm not a hundred percent sure we've ruled that out.

• Surgeon General Millicent Griffith : You eat like you're still in college.

  Josh Lyman : I was in great shape in college.

  Surgeon General Millicent Griffith : You were 19 in college: You could eat Tupperware and your system would deal with it.

• Surgeon General Millicent Griffith : As a doctor, I have an obligation to tell the truth. Come to think of it, as a person I have that obligation as well.