“Is my gardener's pride to be sacrificed on the altar of Mr Molesley's ambitions?- The Dowager Countess(Maggie Smith)”
“Violet, the Dowager Countess: ‘I have plenty of friends I don’t like.”
“What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.”
“I am leaving in the morning Lady Grantham. I doubt we will meet again.” Sir Richard“Do you promise?” Dowager Countess Violet”
“And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks.Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.—from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin”
“Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.”