Quotes
Richard: Why do we have to help ourselves at luncheon?
Robert: It's Downton tradition. They have our feast at luncheon and we have ours in the evening.
Richard: Well why can't they have their lunch early and they serve us, like they normally do.
Mary: Because it's Christmas day.
Richard: It's not how we'll do it at Haxsby.
Violet: Which I can easily believe.
Mrs. Hughes: I wish I could tell you not to worry.
Anna: My husband's on trial for his life, Mrs. Hughes, of course I worry.
Mrs. Hughes: Well, I'm I'd fashioned enough to believe that they can't prove him guilty, when he's not.
I'll have you know I'm also a hair donor. Salma Hayek wore me to the Oscars.
Otto
Homer (on Maggie): Let her slice off the tip of your ear and she'll go right to sleep.
Carl: No
Homer: That's not a choice you get to make.
Oh, I always thought tarred and feathered was just a figure of speech. Good luck patching pot holes and stuffing pillows now!
Homer
Lisa: I pick up books like you pick up beers.
Homer: Then you have a serious reading problem.
Homer: Sorry, Dad. I was afraid the dragon wouldn't cough the moon back up.
Grampa: You idiot! Dragon always coughs the moon back up.
Mike: How's your grandson, Ace?
Ace: He's all right.
Mike: Hope he appreciates what you did for him.
Ace: Don't talk about him anymore.
Mike: Understood. Glad he's well.
Ace: You better f**kin pray he stays that way.
Mike: How would you feel if I called you Chester?
Ace: Go ahead.
Mike: Too tawdry to pretend we can get back to that. I'll call you Ace now, like everyone else.
Claire: I'd like you to look at the budget information and the accompanying note.
Ace: Oh, a note. What's the gist of the note?
Claire: I'd rather you read it.
Ace: Then you're a serious, responsible person. It's a big hold back for honest people. Very tough for 'em to take a yes.
Claire: Socializing prisoners by housing and caring for horses that would otherwise be slaughtered is well, I'm sure you can imagine how a program like this could change convict's lives.
Ace: Also better uses some people might say the money could go to. Time's being what they are, the system being broke.
Claire: I wouldn't call the system broke so much as broken.
Ace: Right. I guess you could say either word.
Nathan: What am I gonna be doing to earn my keep?
Ace: What do you think you'll be good at?
Nathan: Answers a question with a question.
Ace: You're gonna meet somebody.