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Julian Fellowes Quotes

Total quotes: 26
“I don't dislike him. I just don't like him, which is quite different.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Six
Tagged: Dislike, like
“You can change your life if you want to. Sometimes you have to be hard on yourself, but you can change it completely.”
— John Bates, Downton Abbey, Series 1: Episode Three
Tagged: Life, Change
“War breaks down barriers and when peacetime re-erects them, it's very easy to find oneself on the wrong side.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Four
Tagged: War, peacetime
“The truth is neither here nor there. It's the look of the thing that matters.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Two
Tagged: Truth, Appearance
“Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It is only afterwards they share their doubts.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Eight
Tagged: Lawyers, confident, Trial, Doubts
“You belong to old New York, my dear, and don’t let anyone tell you different.”
— Agnes van Rhijn, The Gilded Age, Season 1: Never The New
Tagged: New York, New, Old, different
“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.”
— Anna Smith, Downton Abbey, Series 1: Episode Four
Tagged: Love, Ladylike
“Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Let's not argue.

Violet Crawley: I never argue, I explain.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey
Tagged: argue, explain
“Sometimes a hard sacrifice must be made for a future that's worth havin'.”
— Tom Branson, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Five
Tagged: Sacrifice, Future
“Nothing is as changeable as a young man's heart. Take hope--and warning--from that.”
— Mrs. Patmore, Downton Abbey, Series 4: Episode 2
Tagged: tongue in cheek, Warning, heart
“It's the job of grandmothers to interfere!”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 4: Episode 1
Tagged: grandmothers, interfere, Meddlesome
“The point is, I'll be fine until I'm not. That's all that is to it.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey
Tagged: Fine, until i'm not
“I told you I wanted to help.
”
— Isobel Merton, Downton Abbey
Tagged: helpful
“What the eye can't see the heart won't grieve over.”
— Mrs. Patmore, Downton Abbey, Series 1: Episode Five
Tagged: Eye, heart, Grief
“We can't have him assassinated. I suppose.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 1: Episode Seven
Tagged: Assassination, Wisdom
“I'm a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Four
Tagged: Woman, contrary
“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey
Tagged: Sarcasm, wit
“We're not footballs and we don't deserve a kicking.”
— Daisy Mason, Downton Abbey
Tagged: footballs, kicking, Abuse, Defiance
“I will say what I like in my own house.”
— Agnes van Rhijn
“Politicians often can't recognize the changes that are inevitable.”
— Branson, Downton Abbey, Series 1: Episode Six
Tagged: political, Reflection
“No one wants to kiss a girl in black.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 1: Episode Two
Tagged: kiss, Girl, black clothing
“[to Lady Mary] You are the future of Downton.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey
Tagged: Future
“Royal women are not meant to grin like Cheshire cats.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey
Tagged: royal women, cheshire cat
“Well, if it's in the papers, it must be true!”
— Tom Branson, Downton Abbey
Tagged: Newspapers, Truth, Fake News
“Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 3: Episode 3
Tagged: wit
“Lady Mary is an uppity minx who's the author of her own misfortune.”
— Mrs. Hughes, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Seven
Tagged: minx, uppity, Misfortune
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