Deborah Vance (portrayed by Jean Smart) is one of the most iconic characters to emerge on HBO Max in the 2020s. Her quotes range from funny to sentimental to downright mean and offensive.

Here are some of her best quotes, jokes, and quips from all seasons. And some memes sprinkled in for good measure.

1.

“You have to scratch and claw and it never ends. And it doesn’t get better, it just gets harder. So don’t complain to me that I’m making your life hard. You don’t even know what that means.” — Deborah Vance

2.

“I was just wondering why you were dressed like Rachel Maddow’s mechanic.” — Deborah Vance

3.

“Do yourself a favor. Take the afternoon off and get your tubes tied.” — Deborah Vance.

4.

“You know, crying gives you wrinkles.” — Deborah Vance

5.

“I am very litigious, and I’d love nothing more than to bury you in more debt than medical school ever could.” — Deborah Vance

6.

“The captain’s a woman? Oh god, hope we don’t have to parallel park this thing.” — Deborah Vance.

7.

“You can never go wrong with quail.” — Deborah Vance

8.

Ava Daniels: Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face.

Deborah Vance: I’ve cut my nose plenty of times. It always works out well for my face

9.

” I cannot give them any excuse. This show has to be bulletproof. It has to work. I’ve lost way too much for it not to.” — Deborah Vance

10.

“I’ve never said this to anyone before in my life: you should read less.” — Deborah Vance

11.

“Good is the minimum. It’s the baseline. You have to be so much more than good. And even if you’re great and lucky, you still have to work really fricking hard, and even that is not enough. You have to scratch and claw and it never ends.” — Deborah Vance

12.

“Oh, honey, no. There is no line. It’s just not funny. I mean, you should be blacklisted for how bad that joke is.” — Deborah Vance

13.

“You know, your whole life you say, ‘One day.’ You know, ‘One day, I’ll do this. One day, I’ll accomplish that.’ And the magic of ‘one day’ is that it’s all ahead of you. But for me, ‘one day’ is now. Anything I want to do, I have to do now—or I’ll never do it. That’s the worst part of getting older.” — Deborah Vance