Lynette Scavo quotes from Desperate Housewives

I can help you study if you want.

Tom Scavo

I'm not sure how much help you're gonna be. I'm majoring in Chinese.

Lynette Scavo

I'm so proud. Porter, aren't you gonna congratulate your father?

Mary Alice

(opening scene about Lynette) Lynette Scavo had lost a lot of sleep over the years. There had been 3 AM feedings... temperatures of 102... and late night pillow fights. But Lynette had never complained, because a mother is always on call.

Lynette

(while speaking to Mrs. Mcluskey) The whole point of this was to get them to grow up and take care of themselves; they just moved from my boob to yours!

Karen

I don't care what gets Roy's fire going, as long as I'm the one who puts it out.

You had a big imagination, most likely from all those trashy books and magazines you used to bring into class.

Can we get our security deposit back?

Lynette

Guys, you need to grow up and learn to be independent and that's gonna start with you getting your own place!

And how are we gonna pay for it?

Tom

If you turn that paper over, you'll find a whole section of people willing to exchange money for something called WORK!

Lynette

Because. That's not Tom. He's definitely a soft wood kinda guy.

Renee

Lesson one, Tom is our client. If he wants a big shot office, he gets it. And lesson two, no man wants to be referred to as 'soft wood'!