Birling Quotes Flashcards
“You’re just the _____ of ___-__-____ I always ______”
Mr Birling
“You’re just the kind of son-In-law I always wanted”
“Perhaps we may look _______ to the next time when _____ and Birling are no longer _________ but are working together- for ______ costs and higher _____”
Mr Birling
“Perhaps we may look forward to the next time when Crofts and Birling are no longer competing but are working together- for lower costs and higher prices”
“I speak as a ____-________ business ___”
Mr Birling
“I speak as a hard-headed business man”
“There isn’t a chance of ____”
Mr Birling
“There isn’t a chance of war”
“The titanic”….”________“…. “absolutely unsinkable”
Mr Birling
“The titanic”….”unsinkable”…. “absolutely unsinkable”
“In 1940”
“You’ll be living in a world that’ll have forgotten all these _____ verses _____ agitations and all these ____ little ___ scares. There’ll be _____ and __________ and rapid progress everywhere- except of course in ______”
Mr Birling
“In 1940”
“You’ll be living in a world that’ll have forgotten all these capital verses labour agitations and all these silly little war scares. There’ll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere- except of course in Russia”
“There’s a fair _____ that I might find my way into the next _______ List. Just a ________, of course”
Mr Birling
“There’s a fair chance that I might find my way into the next Honours List. Just a knighthood, of course”
“The way some of these _____ talk and _____ now, you’d think __________ has to look after ________ else, as if we were all ______ up together like ______ in a _____- _________ and all that ________”
Mr Birling
“The way some of these cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive- community and all that nonsense”
“I was an ________ for years- and Lord _____ two years ago- and I’m still on the _______- so I know the _______ police officers _____ well”
Mr Birling
“I was an alderman for years- and Lord Mayor two years ago- and I’m still on the bench- so I know the Burnley police police officers pretty well”
“Look there’s nothing _______- or ________- about this _______ at least not as far as I’m _______”
Mr Birling
“Look there’s nothing mysterious- or scandalous- about this business at least not as far as I’m concerned”
I can’t accept any _________. If we were all _________ for everything that happened to ________ we’d had ______ to do with, it would be very _________, wouldn’t it?”
Mr Birling
I can’t accept ant responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everyone we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
“It’s my ____ to keep ______ costs _____”
Mr Birling
“It’s my duty to keep labour costs down”
“It’s _____ time you ______ to face a few __________”
Mr Birling
“It’s about time you learnt to face a few responsibilities”
“_________ to do with you, _____. Run _____”
Mr Birling
“Nothing to do with you, Shelia. Run along”
“I protest against the way in which my _______, a _______ unmarried girl, is being _______ into this”
Mr Birling
“I protest against the way in which my daughter, a young unmarried girl, is being dragged into this”
