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

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