Edith, my basic fact is that I love you.

Michael

Ten hours crawling through heather and nothing to show for it. Perhaps it's a parable for life.

Matthew

Alfred: Suppose someone comes in?
Jimmy: They'll find a man sitting in an armchair. They'll survive it.

Are you thinking of getting married, Dr. Clarkson? Because if you are, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

Isobel

But bein’ a nanny. You’re not one of the family, but you’re not one of us either.

Daisy

Tom: She loved him very much.
Robert: And the price of great love is great misery when one of you dies.
Tom: I know that.
Robert: Of course you do. I’m very sorry.

But you see, when your only child dies, you’re not a mother anymore. You’re not anything really, and that’s what I’m trying to get used to.

Isobel

Really? I can only say that while I will overlook Mary’s poor judgment, I will not overlook yours.

Violet

Robert: Let me manage things in my own way.
Mary: I have ideas, you know. Matthew and I used to talk.
Robert: I know I’m right in this. Now go to bed.

Daisy: But if it's electric, aren't you worried it's going to run away with itself and sew your fingers to the table?
Baxter: I certainly hope not.

Mrs. Patmore: Ooh I like that Rudolph Valentino. He makes me shiver all over.
Carson: What a very disturbing thought.

I'd say that was game, set and match to Lady Grantham.

Dr. Clarkson

Downton Abbey Quotes

Anna, help me do battle with this monstrosity. It looks like a creature from the lost world.

Violet

But no, I'm not back in the Army. It appears they don't want me.

Lord Robert