Maggie Smith

“What is a weekend?”

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.”

“At my age, one must ration one's excitement.”

“I seem to have been in costume for most of my life.”

“There's a terrible thing in our business, which is the dreadful usage of the word 'iconic'.”

“One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, and one's still acting.”

“I am a fount of useless information.”

“Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”

“I do not have a bucket list. I don't want to leave home.”

“I'm not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.”

“It's the job of grandmothers to interfere.”

“I've got a good shelf life.”

“First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.”

“I'm a worrier. I mean, I'm a real worrier.”

“It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky.”

“Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class.”

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”