Downton Abbey Quotes: “Downton Abbey” is a critically acclaimed British historical drama television series that first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV, and in the United States on PBS. The show was created and primarily written by Julian Fellowes.
The series is set in the early 20th century and follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants. The narrative is set against the backdrop of significant historical events affecting British society at the time, including the sinking of the Titanic, World War I, and the Spanish influenza pandemic.
Downton Abbey Quotes
Violet: “Men are often lost in thought; it’s rather unfamiliar territory for them.”
Mrs Patmore: “Nothing in life is sure.”
Bates: “I miss a lot of things; but you have to keep moving, don’t you?”
Violet: “There’s nothing simpler than avoiding people you don’t like. Avoiding one’s friends, that’s the real test.”
Cora: “You are being tested. And you know what they say my darling, being tested only makes you stronger”
Mrs Patmore: “ “Sympathy butters no parsnips.”
John Bates: “No man can regret loving as I have loved you.”
Violet: “I’m not a romantic, but even I concede that the heart does not exist solely for the purpose to pump blood.”
Thomas: “I’m not foul Mr. Carson. I’m not the same as you, but I’m not foul.”
Carson : “You’re nervous because you’re intelligent; only stupid people are foolhardy.”
Violet: “We only know what we are capable of when we test our limits.”
Anna: “For once in my life I’d like to sleep until I woke up natural.”
Mrs Patmore: “You can’t spend too long on a one-sided love.”
Violet: Edith dear, you’re a woman with a brain and reasonability. Stop whining and find something to do
Violet: “A lack of compassion can be as vulgar as an excess of tears.”
Robert: “I want a good man for you, a brave man. Find a cowboy in the Middle West and bring him back to shake us up a bit.
Carson: I’ve never been called a liberal in my life and I don’t intend to start now.
Violet: “I’m not a romantic, but even I concede that the heart does not exist solely for the purpose to pump blood.”
Anna: “I love you Mr. Bates. I know it’s not lady-like to say it,but I’m not a lady and I don’t pretend to be”
Mrs Hughes: “We must all have our hearts broken once or twice before we’re done.”
Matthew: I can never be happy with anyone else as long as you walked the earth
Anna: Don’t feel sorry for me Mrs. Hughes I know what real love is and there are not many who can say that. I’m one of the lucky ones.
Isobel : “Seems a pity not to take a chance to end a quarrel. Isn’t it better than to let it fester?”
Robert: “Mary can be such a child. She thinks that if you put a toy down, it’ll still be sitting there when you want to play with it again.”
Robert: “My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.”
Dr. Clarkson : “Harsh reality is always better than false hope.”
Violet: “All life is a series of problems, that we must try and solve.”
Matthew Crawley: You’ve lived your life, and I’ve lived mine. Now it’s time we live them together.
Violet: “Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”
Anna: “I love you, Mr. Bates! And I know it’s not ladylike to say so, but I’m not a lady and I don’t pretend to be.”
Mary: “Now stop talking and kiss me before I get cross.”
Cora: “I think accepting change is quite as important as defending the past.”
Carson: “I am not a complete stranger to romance, Mrs. Hughes, if that’s what you’re implying.”
Anna: “I’d rather have the right man, than the right wedding.”
Tom: “We all live in a harsh world. But at least I know I do”
Mary: “I know we haven’t always gotten along, and I doubt things change much in the future, but today, I wish you all the luck in the world.”
Robert Crawley : “Every mountain is unclimbable until someone climbs it; so every ship is unsinkable until it sinks.”
Matthew: “You’ve lived your life, and I’ve lived mine. Now it’s time we live them together.”
Matthew: We’re brothers-in-law with high minded wives. We’ve got to stick together.
John Bates: “I’ve lived in such a fog of misery since I left you. I’d forgotten what happiness is.”
Violet: “I’m a woman Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.”
Violet: “Lie” is so unmusical a word
Mrs. Hughes: “You can always hold my hand if you need to feel steady.” Carson: “I think I will hold your hand. It’ll make me feel a bit steadier.”
Anna: “I love you Mr. Bates. I know it’s not ladylike to say it, but I’m not a lady and I don’t pretend to be
Robert: “There is nothing more ill-bred than trying to steal the affections of one’s dog.”
Sybil: “No one ever learned anything from a governess except for French and how to curtsy. Violet: What more do you need?”
Anna: “Good men… They’re not like buses. There won’t be another one round in 10 minutes.”
Carson : “The nature of life is not permanence, but flux.”
Violet: “That is the thing about nature. There is so much of it.”
Matthew: ”War has a way of distinguishing between the things that matter and the things that don’t.
Richard: “I’ll be leaving in the morning, Lady Grantham, I doubt it we’ll meet again. Violet: Do you promise?”
Violet: “First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I were living in an H.G. Wells novel.”
