Favorite Downton Abbey Quotes
No, tis not an interview Miss O'Brien, but he is on trial and if he cannot meet our standards he will be found guilty.
Mr. Carson
Mary: He's so relieved we're getting married he wouldn't mind if you carried me up naked.
Matthew: Careful, I might try it.
The estate must be a major employer and support the house or there's no point. To any of it.
Robert
Violet: Are you really that tall?
Alfred: Yes m'lady.
Violet: I thought you might be walking on stilts.
Daisy: You've still kept me here with a dishonest representation.
Mrs. Patmore: Oh dear, have you swallowed a dictionary?
We're brothers-in-law with high minded wives. We've got to stick together.
Matthew
History and tradition took Europe into a world war. Maybe you should think about letting go of its hand.
Martha
Cora: You don't have to give money after every conversation, mother.
Martha: No? Isn't that what the English expect out of rich Americans?
Mr. Carson: Alfred has embarrassed the family. He forced Mr. Matthew to appear downstairs improperly dressed.
Miss O'Brien: Oh! You make it sound quite exciting.
Something happening in this house is actually about me.
Edith
She'll be a nurse, Cora, and by the time she's 50 she'll be wheeling around a one-armed old man.
Robert
Isobel: No, no, I prefer it. I've ridden in the front seat many times.
Violet: Well aren't you the wild thing.
