9 Moira Rose quotes from Schitt's Creek that are peak drama and should be displayed in a gallery 

Canadian comedy series Schitt’s Creek aired from 2015 to 2020 and became one of the popular comedy shows that came out in the recent past. With the over-the-top characters of the Rose family, the show revolves around their new life in Schitt’s Creek and how they are adjusting to it.

From Schitt's Creek, one of the most memorable characters from the show is Catherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose, the matriarch of the family. The former daily soap star struggles initially to fit in at Schitt’s Creek by citing it as a temporary problem.

Her character is loved among fans due to her iconic one-liners in her inconsistent faux-British accent. While her unhinged verbosity makes every word she says theatrical, the statements are also so witty and amusing that they deserve to be displayed in the gallery and admired.

In this article, we have listed 9 such quotes of Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek that can’t be overlooked and deserve our attention.

Disclaimer: This article is based on the writer’s opinion. Reader discretion is advised.

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9 Moira Rose quotes from Schitt's Creek that are peak drama

9) “Positively bedeviled with meetings.” (Season 4, Episode 1)

Season 4, episode 1 of Schitt’s Creek gave us one of the most quotable lines from Moira Rose that can be used to give an excuse when you want to bail out of something.

In the Schitt's Creek episode titled Dead Guy In Room 4, a dead body is found in the motel, and Johnny wants to take care of it without letting the guests know. However, Moira excuses herself from helping in the matter due to her already swamped schedule. Later, when she goes to talk to David, he recalls and asks if she wasn’t busy. To this, she says this iconic line about being busy, which has now become a fan-favorite quote.

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8) “Let the nuns take care of the little stranger.” (Season 4, Episode 2)

The Schitt's Creek episode titled Pregnancy Test revolves around the family thinking Alexis might be pregnant after finding a positive pregnancy test in her trash can.

While they discuss a new baby in their home, Moira talks about how it will be a psychological and financial burden on them. She also talks about giving that baby up so that the nuns would take care of it in this humorous, selfish quote.

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7) “Maureen does not like to be manhandled.” (Season 1, Episode 10)

In this episode of Schitt’s Creek, Alexis and Ted host a dinner party as Ted wanted to meet Alexis’s friends.

The party is also attended by the mayor’s quirky wife, Jocelyn Schitt, who admires Johnny’s suit and later asks about Moira’s hair as she tells how she wants to touch it. Moira firmly refuses to let anyone touch her beloved wig, which she has named Maureen, and utters this iconic line.

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6) “One day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes and say "Dear God, I was a beautiful thing".” (Season 2, Episode 9)

Moira has offered some wise counsel in the show, despite being occasionally self-centered and frequently unaware of the social norms of regular people.

For instance, in the episode titled Moira’s N*des from Schitt’s Creek, she laments to Stevie that she does not feel good about her pictures being lost, as they depicted how she once looked. She advises Stevie to take thousands of n*de pictures of herself that she might find spooky now, but later in life she will look at them fondly.

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5) “Alexis something Rose. We have so many disasters bombarding us right now, my dear, the middle name of an ungrateful child is hardly a priority.” (Season 1, Episode 4)

In this episode from the first season of Schitt’s Creek, Alexis wants her mother to fill out her community service papers after her DUI charge but is disappointed when she finds out her parents have forgotten her middle name.

When asked about what her middle name is, Moira quips this quirky dialogue, but later realizes that she and Johnny might not have been good parents and tries to know more about their adult children.

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4) If airplane safety videos have taught me anything, David, it’s that a mother puts her own mask on first. (Season 3, Episode 9)

In the episode titled, The Affair, of Schitt’s Creek, Moira chooses herself over her children, who are also adults themselves, by declaring that she needs the car more than David.

As she asks Johnny to give her a ride to Thornbridge for the community meeting, David tells her he needs the car urgently to pick up some things for his store. He further tells her that parents are supposed to put their children first. To this, Moira claps back with this iconic dialogue, making it one of the best Moira Rose quotes.

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3) “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” (Season 4, Episode 4)

In the Schitt’s Creek episode titled, Girls' Night, Moira shuts down Twyla, stating that she doesn’t want to discuss Alexis’s personal life without her being present, even though she was the one who brought the topic up.

She begins the conversation after revealing her plans with Alexis and further tells Twyla about how Alexis is feeling down these days due to Ted dating someone new. As Twyla begins discussing more about Alexis, Moira, with a smiling face, asks her to end the gossip now and utters this dialogue as she does not feel comfortable discussing intimate details about Alexis’s life. Living in Schitt's Creek changed Moira as a person a lot. Although there were moments when she was her unhinged self, she undoubtedly developed a better relationship with her children.

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2) “Be careful, John. Lest you suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of your moral ground.” (Season 6, Episode 8)

In this episode titled The Presidential Suite, of the comedy show, Schitt’s Creek, Moira is impressed by how Johnny asks Roland and Jocelyn not to spend their staycation in the new presidential suite, as she thinks he might be clearing the path for them to spend time in the new luxurious room.

However, she later finds out about John genuinely discouraging them from not using the room, including them. She was chagrined and uttered this line out of anger at Johnny.

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1) “Fear not, she hath risen!'” (Season 4, Episode 5)

In this episode of Schitt’s Creek, an online rumor goes viral that Moira Rose has passed away. She enjoys the attention she receives from her friends at Schitt's Creek, who mourn her death. However, just like any other viral news, this also begins to dwindle.

She later stages her own reappearance in the most Moira style and reveals to her group, the Jazzagals, that she is indeed alive and well.

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