I doubt we'll need more than eight servants tops, so it can be very economical.

Robert

Isobel: No, no, I prefer it. I've ridden in the front seat many times.
Violet: Well aren't you the wild thing.

She'll be a nurse, Cora, and by the time she's 50 she'll be wheeling around a one-armed old man.

Robert

Something happening in this house is actually about me.

Edith

Now stop talking and kiss me before I get cross.

Mary

Mr. Carson: Alfred has embarrassed the family. He forced Mr. Matthew to appear downstairs improperly dressed.
Miss O'Brien: Oh! You make it sound quite exciting.

Cora: You don't have to give money after every conversation, mother.
Martha: No? Isn't that what the English expect out of rich Americans?

Because when two people love each other, you understand, everything....is the most terrific fun!

Cora

History and tradition took Europe into a world war. Maybe you should think about letting go of its hand.

Martha

We're brothers-in-law with high minded wives. We've got to stick together.

Matthew

Cora: Don't worry about me, I'm an American. Have gun will travel!
Robert: Oh, thank God for you.

Daisy: You've still kept me here with a dishonest representation.
Mrs. Patmore: Oh dear, have you swallowed a dictionary?

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