Popular Downton Abbey Quotes
Anna, you must prepare for the worst. I'm not saying it will happen, but you must prepare for it.
Bates
Cora: Sybil's pregnant!
Robert: I see. So that's it then. No return. She's crossed the Rubicon.
Violet: Nineteen twenty. Is it to be believed? I feel as old as Methuselah.
Robert: But so much prettier.
Violet: When I think what the last ten years has brought, God knows what we're in for now.
No fortune? He's lucky not to be playing the violin in Lester square.
Violet
It may be wrong that I'm complaining with Mr. Bates the way he is, but it reminds me that life's short and I'm wasting mine.
Daisy
Richard: I'll be leaving in the morning, Lady Grantham, I doubt it we'll meet again.
Violet: Do you promise?
Matthew: Sorry for the vase.
Violet: Oh don't be. It' was a wedding present from a dreadful, dreadful aunt. I've hated it a half a century.
You've lived your life, and I've lived mine. Now it's time we live them together.
Matthew
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
Miss O'Brien, we are about to hire a footman, and I have no time to be training hobbledeehoys.
Mr. Carson
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
But no, I'm not back in the Army. It appears they don't want me.
Lord Robert