Favorite Downton Abbey Quotes
You'll find there's never a dull moment in this house.
Violet
Sometimes Cora, you can be curiously unfeeling.
Lord Grantham
What's the matter, Robert? Are you afraid you'll be converted while you're not looking?
Cora
Mrs. O'Brien: Can I borrow some baking soda?
Mrs. Padmore: Borrow? Why? Are you planning on giving it back?
Mrs. Hughes: Jesus did manage to eat with Mary Magdalene.
Mr. Molesley: We can't be sure he ate with her. He did allow her to wash his feet.
Mrs. Hughes: Well, I'll tell Ethel she has a treat in store.
Anna: But I am spoiled for you, and I can never be unspoiled.
Bates: You are not spoiled. You're made higher to me and holier because of the suffering you have been put through. You're my wife and I have never been prouder nor loved you more than I love you now in this moment.
Mrs. Hughes: You can always hold my hand if it will make you feel a bit steady.
Carson: I don't know how, but you managed to make that sound a little risque.
Mrs. Hughes: And if I did, we're gettin' on Mr. Carson, you and I. We can afford to live a little.
What these men will need is rest and relaxation. Will that be achieved by mixing ranks and putting everyone on edge?
Violet
I forbid it. To have strange men prodding and prying around the house. To say nothing of pocketing the spoons. It's out of the question.
Violet
Mr. Carson: Men will always be men, but for any young woman to let her judgement so desert her...
Lady Grantham: She's not the first lady to be taken in by a uniform, and don't worry, Carson, the baby will ensure she pays the price.
May I remind you, Mr. Barrow, that in this house Mr. Bates is a wronged man seeking justice. If you have any problems with that definition, I suggest you eat in the yard.
Mr. Carson
Tom: I'm sorry, but I can't turn into someone else just to please you.
Violet: Mores the pity.
