The Best 15 Quotes From The 'Housewives' Premiere

Here are the, ahem, best 15 quotes from "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" premiere.

Editors Note: Items No. 1 and No. 2 contain adult language.

15. “I love the worth ethic in her.” Joey Gorga, Teresa Giudice's estranged brother, on his wife Melissa.

14. “My husband Rich, you either love him or you don’t.” – new show regular Kathy Wakile, who is first cousins with Teresa and her brother.

13. “Do you think when Southern people try to make pasta they go through the same stuff we’re going through right now?” – Christopher Manzo, as the Manzo family tried to make chicken fried steak and other southern food.

12. “Part of the reason I want to move out is that I don’t want to come home one day and find [the dog] dead on the floor.” – Christopher Manzo.

11. “My blood has done me wrong.” – Joey Gorga

10. “I remember having a fight with my sister not that long ago. I may have even pulled her hair. That same day we sat and we had dinner together. That’s what family is all about.” – Kathy Wakile.

9. “Joseph, on the bed? With knives? This is not even a hard surface. Why can’t you collect stamps.” Kathy Wakile, upon finding her son unsheathing a knife on his bed.

8. “If you really think about it Southern people are better at everything. They’re the best athletes…”  – Christopher Manzo.

7. “A Christening is only one time, it’s not like it’s a barbeque.” – Teresa Giudice.

6. “Don’t drink too much ladies, we have to go to a church first. … Let’s drink when we get to the party and celebrate my little baby boy with Jesus.” – Melissa Gorga.

5. “I’m sure there are Italians down South, but if you got like a really mountain kind of person and said, ‘make pasta fazool’ – it ain’t gonna happen.” – Caroline Manzo.

4. “You know I’m into veggies, and so many women are so afraid of vegetables.” –Kathy Wakile.

3. “You know, I love to cook. What you put in your mouth – it’s important. … When you cook, you are touching someone on an intimate level … and that’s like feeding their soul.” – Kathy Wakile.

2. “I was always told to be a cook in the kitchen, a lady in the parlor and a wh--e in the bedroom.” – Melissa Gorga, on her philosophy on being a wife.

1. “Joe kinda had the runs, if you know what I mean, and you know we don’t want any accidents happening in church, and I swear to God on my children, and I don’t swear on my children if I am lying, my stomach was rumbling and I was like, 's---,' cause when the runs start with me too, it ain’t no joke.” – Teresa Giudice, about her husband Joe’s excuse for not going to church for her nephew’s communion.