Popular Downton Abbey Quotes
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
What these men will need is rest and relaxation. Will that be achieved by mixing ranks and putting everyone on edge?
Violet
Mr. Carson: I'm sure the chain of command will be sorted out soon.
Miss O'Brien: Or there will be blood on the stairs.
Mr. Carson: Thank you Miss O'Brien.
Mary: Really, Granny, Lavinia Swire knows Richard Carlisle. So what? One knows many people in London.
Violet: I don't know many people who would threaten me behind the laurels.
Not bad. Try to fit in a bit of practice. There's plenty of time to get it right before anyone sees it who matters.
Mary
Rosamund: Marmadude wasn't a rough diamond, was he mama?
Violet: No, he was just cut and polished comparitively recently.
Violet: I say good. If someone is to manage things it should be our creature.
Isobel: Why? Are you planning to divide his loyalties?
Violet: I wouldn't say I was planning it.
Matthew: Who cast you the Florence Nightengale?
Mary: We can't leave all the moral high ground to Edith, she might get lonely there.
Bates: I don't know if I've dreaded this moment or longed for it.
Anna: Well, either way, it's happened.
Matthew and Mary look so natural together. Did you notice?
Lady Grantham
The world was in a dream before the war, but now its woken up and said goodbye to it. And so must we.
Lord Grantham
But no, I'm not back in the Army. It appears they don't want me.
Lord Robert
