Popular Downton Abbey Quotes
Lord Grantham: I suppose you were a widow after all and not a deb in her first season.
Mary: But it's still not the way your parents would have behaved.
Lord Grantham [laughs]: Oh, I don't know. If you can believe what they write about the Edwardians these days.
Mary: I'm impressed. My darling papa, transformed into Machiavelli at a touch. Will wonders never cease?
Lord Grantham: Is that a compliment?
I'd rather be alone than with the wrong man.
Mary
Lord Grantham: I can hardly believe it. I used to come here all the time as a boy.
Edith: "Sic transit gloria mundi."
Mary: Will you be as philosophical when it's our turn?
Sometimes it's good to rule by fear.
Violet
I just don't want to be a servant on my wedding day. Is that so wrong?
Mrs. Hughes
If you can't say anything helpful, Robert, please be silent.
Violet
Mr. Finch: If you could just tell me who's replaced him...
Mary: Hold onto your hat, Mr. Finch, but I'm afraid I have.
And heaven forfend we lowly folks should do anything to contradict the blessed Lady Mary.
Mrs. Hughes
Dr. Clarkson: If something is that important, it's worth considering more than once.
Violet: Really? Well, in my experience, second thoughts are vastly overrated.
A peer in favor of reform. It's like a turkey in favor of Christmas.
Violet
Mr. Dawes: You seem to have been an excellent influence in all this.
Mr. Molesley: Well, I believe that education is the gate that leads to any future worth having.
Mr. Dawes: Have you missed your vocation?
Mr. Molesley: I've missed everything, Mr. Dawes. But Daisy doesn't have to.
