106 Quotes by Patricia Heaton

That drives me nuts when they do that,

My mom was a very intellectual person, and she would really rather be reading some philosophical or theological book than ironing.

We're thinking now about adopting or having foster children, and if we did, I would look for a girl without a mother because I could relate to that.

To have four kids - and to have been pregnant with two of them while I was working on the show - was a lot. I just can't believe I did it!

And we're still married to each other. Can you believe that?

rare sitcom wife who has her own paranoia and faults and downfalls.

It's gotten an amazing reception. It's about the 50th anniversary of a little beauty pageant in a coal-mining town in Pennsylvania. It's a real homage to small-town America.

I really feel like we left no stone unturned as far as the show went. It was easy to leave in that sense. There was no unfinished business. It was a good nine years.

In the past, your dumbness has gotten in the way of a few things that I really wanted to do: The book club. Theater. Having conversations.