Violet: “No, a decision that must be reinforced whenever you look in the glass.” Martha: “I have no wish to be a Great Lady.” “Edith, you are a Lady, not Toad of Toad Hall.” “The presence of strangers is our only guarantee of good behaviour.” “Try not to let those Yankees drive you mad.” Violet: “Is that what they call discussion in New York?” When I’m with her, I’m reminded of the virtues of the English.”Ĭora: “I hope I don’t hear sounds of a disagreement.” “I’m so looking forward to seeing your mother again. Violet: “Oh, I don’t think things are quite that desperate.” “Why does every day involve a fight with an American?”Ĭora: “I might send her over to visit my aunt. “You know me: never complain, never explain.” “Principles are like prayers noble, of course, but awkward at a party.” Robert: “Not everyone can be Oscar Wilde.” Violet: “I’m afraid Tom’s small talk is very small indeed.”
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“All life is a series of problems which we must try and solve, first one and then the next and then the next, until at last we die.” “At my age, one must ration one’s excitement.” “Just because you’re an old widow, I see no necessity to eat off a tray.” Violet: “I wouldn’t know, I’m not familiar with the sensation.” “Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality.”Ĭarson: “Hard work and diligence weigh more than beauty in the real world.” “No life appears rewarding if you think about it too much.” “Life is a game, where the player must appear ridiculous.” “Do you think that any of them know what the others are playing?” “Is this an instrument of communication or torture?” Sometimes I feel as if I were living in an H.G. “My dear, love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike.” “Give him a date for when Mary’s out of mourning. And then her husband will tell her what her opinions are.” Violet: “No, she isn’t, until she is married. Mary: “I was only going to say Sybil that is entitled to her opinions.” “I know several couples who are perfectly happy. But even I will concede that the heart does not exist solely for the purpose of pumping blood.” “Every woman goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.” “In my day, a lady was incapable of feeling physical attraction until she had been instructed to do so by her mama.”
“I do think a woman’s place is eventually in the home, but I see no harm in her having some fun before she gets there.” Here are some of our favourite quotes from Violet: The Dowager Countess may not have been central to many Downton Abbeystorylines during the period drama’s six seasons – and the actress has admitted she’s never even watched the show.īut that didn’t stop Smith stealing every scene she was in with a reliably memorable stream of caustic insults, dubious advice and witty asides. The role of Lady Violet Crawley won Dame Maggie Smith three Emmys, her first non-ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award and her third Golden Globe award.
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