AN INSPECTOR CALLS - ARTHUR BIRLING (quotes) Flashcards
“If we do not come … “
“If we do not come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.”
“Crofts and Birlings … “
“Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices.”
“and unsinkable … “
“and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”
“I’m talking as a … “
“I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business.”
“I say there isn’t … “
“I say there isn’t a chance of war. The world’s developing so fast that it’ll make war impossible.”
“I have got to … “
“I have got to cover this up as soon as I can”
“There’ll be a … “
“There’ll be a public scandal”
“I was almost certain … “
“I was almost certain for a knighthood in the next Honour’s List-“
“Probably a Socialist … “
“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”
“It doesn’t matter to you … “
“It doesn’t matter to you. Apparently nothing matters to you.”
