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

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 We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.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.

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.

I think we all have a core that's ecstatic, that knows and that looks up in wonder. We all know that there are marvelous moments of eternity that just happen. We know them.

This is all disgraceful and underscores how imperative it is that Obamacare be fully repealed and that the newly elected GOP Congress get a backbone and stand up to this cadre of scofflaws.

Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone.

I'd rather see the world from a different angle.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

It wasn’t me! Look at how little I am. I’m a little guy.

Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.

Forgiveness works the miracle of change.