Shameless

22 Shameless Quotes That Express Everything You've Been Feeling, But Have Never Said Aloud

Love is not supposed to be cute. 
Holly Riordan
December 6, 2016
“I'm not my dad. You hear me? I'm not my fucking dad!”
— Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 2: Can I Have a Mother
Tagged: Parenting, father, Genetics
“Nobody's saying our neighborhood is the Garden of Eden. Hell, some people say God avoids this place altogether. But it's been a good home to us, to me and my kids, who I'm proud of, 'cause every single one of them reminds me a little bit of me.”
— Frank Gallagher, The Big Bang Theory, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Home, Children, Family
“I'm 23. It can't be about how much they screwed us up anymore.”
— Fiona Gallagher,
Tagged: Parenting, Growing Up, Responsibility
“I know who I love and I know what I want, even if you don't.”
— Debbie Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Love Songs
Tagged: Love, Wants, Needs
“I believe the answer to that question, like the answer to most questions, is fuck you!”
— Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 2: Parenthood
Tagged: Fuck You, Questions, Anger
“Sometimes we get so wrapped up in getting what we want, that we forget to ask ourselves why we wanted it in the first place.”
— Ian Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 3: El Gran Canon
Tagged: Wants, Needs
“Jenna dances for an audience. You dance like there's no-one else in the room... Your life's not simple, Fiona, and you can't stop it from showing, because you're no fake, you're not lost, you don't need finding. This whole city belongs to the Jennas, but I'm sick of them. I swear, Fiona, you're nothing like anyone I've ever met. You make me want to enjoy my life again.”
— Steve Wilton, The Big Bang Theory, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Love, Attraction, compliments
“Sometimes when people love each other very much, they need time apart, so when they come back together, their love is even stronger.”
— Sheila Jackson, Shameless, Shameless Season 2: Hurricane Monica
Tagged: Love, Distance, separation
“I don’t wanna be me anymore.”
— Monica Jean Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 2: Just Like the Pilgrims Intended
Tagged: Hatred, Self-hatred, Depression
“Yes! It’s about me! Okay, because it’s never about me and I’m finally making it about me.”
— Fiona Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 4: A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin
Tagged: Selfish, Self-Love, Me Time
“I just need someone to say, 'Fuck it. This kid deserves a chance.'”
— Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Tell Me You F**king Need Me
Tagged: chances, opportunities, Success
“Too much! Too much is wrong with me. That’s the problem isn’t it? Too much is wrong with me, and you can’t do anything about that. You can’t change it. You can’t fix me. Because I’m not broken, I don’t need to be fixed, OK? I’m me!”
— Ian Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Love Songs
Tagged: Love, Problems, Fixing
“I can’t tell you that this is definitely gonna work out. There’s no guarantees. But if this turns out to be a big mistake, then let’s make it the most fun big fucking mistake we’ve ever made.”
— Fiona Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Rite of Passage
Tagged: Fun, Mistakes, live in the moment
“I am whatever I need to be at the time I need to be it.”
— Frank Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 3: Frank the Plumber
Tagged: self-sufficient, Independent, Changing
“Great things don’t happen in tiny little increments. You know, they happen when someone thinks completely differently.”
— Lip Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 3: Frank the Plumber
Tagged: Greatness, Time, Patience
“You did okay, Mickey. You know, you tried. That’s a lot more than most people would do.”
— Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher,
Tagged: Tried, Helping, soothing
“Love is not supposed to be cute. Love is supposed to be raw and destructive.”
— Frank Gallagher,
Tagged: Love, destructive, Relationships
“I love you… It means we take care of each other… It means thick and thin, good times, bad, sickness, health, all that shit.”
— Mickey Milkovich, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Love Songs
Tagged: sickness, Health, Relationships, Love
“You can’t drink him away. It won’t work.”
— Debbie Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Uncle Carl
Tagged: Alcohol, Drinking, Missing You
“Just because we were born here, doesn’t mean that we end up here.”
— Amanda Milkovich, Shameless, Shameless Season 6: A Yurt of One's Own
Tagged: opportunities, chances, Childhood
“You need to let me go… You need to let me let you go.”
— Fiona Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: Tell Me You F**king Need Me
Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Breakups
“I wanna tell you something, but I don’t really wanna talk about it because I’m not sure how I feel about it, and I don’t wanna be told how to feel.”
— Debbie Gallagher, Shameless, Shameless Season 5: The Two Lisas
Tagged: Feelings, emotions, Secrets, Teenage Confusion, sexuality