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Maggie Smith Quotes

Total quotes: 16
“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
“How do I update the image of home in my own mind? How do I unblur it?”
— Maggie Smith, Tracking the Demise of My Marriage on Google Maps
Tagged: Endings, Divorce, Breaking Up, separation, Heartbreak, Memories
“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
“Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Let's not argue.

Violet Crawley: I never argue, I explain.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey
Tagged: argue, explain
“Any decent realtor, walking you through a real shithole, chirps on about good bones: This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.”
— Maggie Smith, Good Bones
Tagged: Poetry, poem, Poems About Life
“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
“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
“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
“Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 3: Episode 3
Tagged: wit
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