Lord Grantham: ‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.

Mary is a very well-written typical eldest child in that she puts her own needs at the forefront... She's not as inclined to conciliate or placate. Cora is fascinated by Mary

Violet, the Dowager Countess: ‘I have plenty of friends I don’t like.

Violet, the Dowager Countess: “I mean, one way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.

Knowledge is the most beautiful manifestation of the human mind.

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens, ' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

The Pope is guarded by the Swiss guard who stand proudly in pajamas and silly hats.

China is absolutely one of the biggest players in the world and if Britain wants to be connected to the world it has to be connected to China.

It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.

The name was supposed to be 'Googol,' which is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. It was before the Google spellchecker existed.

That which is seen and that which is touched are of a dream-like and illusion-like nature. Because feeling arises together with the mind, it is not [ultimately] perceived.

The only enemy of innocence and beauty is time.

What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.