Maggie Smith credited as playing...
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: I thought you didn't like him.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: So what? I have plenty of friends I don't like.
- Isobel Crawley: [about the hospital] Who pays for it?
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Oh good, let's talk about money.
- Isobel Crawley: What should we call each other?
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Well, we could always start with Mrs Crawley and Lady Grantham.
- Matthew Crawley: [to Matthew] What will you do with your time?
- Lady Sybil Crawley: I've got a job in Ripon. I've said I'll start tomorrow.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: A job? You do know I mean to involve you in the running of the estate.
- Matthew Crawley: Don't worry. There are plenty of hours in the day. And, of course, I'll have the weekend.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: What is a weekend?
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [about the refurbished room at the Crawley house] It always seemed rather dark when my mother-in-law lived here; but then, she made everything rather dark.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [to Lord Robert] Why do you always have to be nicer than the rest of us?
- Dr. Clarkson: [about Mrs. Crawley helping out at the hospital] It seems that she is going to stay on in the foreseeable future.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Nobody can foresee the future, Doctor. Not you, not I, and *certainly* not Mrs. Crawley.