Downton Abbey » Quotes (Movie)

Daisy Mason: We're not footballs and we don't deserve a kicking.

Violet Crawley: (to Lady Mary) You are the future of Downton.

Violet Crawley: What simpletons men are!

Isobel Merton: Oh Violet. After all these years you still astonish me.
Violet Crawley: Oh good, I'm glad I'm a revelation and not a disappointment.

Tom Branson: (exclaiming) Well, if it's in the papers, it must be true!

Violet Crawley: The point is, I'll be fine until I'm not. That's all that is to it.

Violet Crawley: Royal women are not meant to grin like Cheshire cats.

Violet Crawley: I am an expert in every matter.

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Let's not argue.
Violet Crawley: I never argue, I explain.

Henry Talbot: Leave Downton? We're stuck with it, aren't we?
Lady Mary Talbot: Yes. Yes, I believe we are.

Lady Edith: If I know anything about royal visits, we will never stop changing clothes.

Violet Crawley: Will you have enough clichés to get you through the visit?
Isobel Merton: If not, I'll come to you.

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: No maid, no valet, no nanny, even!
Bertie Hexham: It's 1927. We're modern folk.

Lady Mary Talbot: (commenting on the sudden sunshine after a storm the day of a royal parade) The day has dawned and the weather proves conclusively that God is a monarchist.

Violet Crawley: Machiavelli is frequently underrated. He had many qualities.
Isobel Merton: So did Caligula - not all of them charming.