Inspector calls quotes Flashcards
The Germans don’t want war. … Everything to lose and nothing to gain by war
Mr Birling
A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own
Mr Birling
But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people
Sheila
She’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go
Mr Birling
A friend of mine went over this new liner last week - the Titanic - she sails next week - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - New York in five days - and every luxury - and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.
Mr Birling
… what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards, and what happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide. A chain of events.
Inspector
Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see. She looks at him almost in triumph.
Sheila
We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.
Inspector
“Lower costs and higher prices
Mr Birling
No, that’s no use. You not only knew her but you knew her very well. Otherwise, you wouldn’t look so guilty about it.
Sheila
I don’t dislike you as I did half an hour ago, Gerald. In fact, in some odd way, I rather respect you more than I’ve ever done before.
Sheila
If you think you can bring any pressure to bear on me, Inspector, you’re quite mistaken. Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of or that won’t bear investigation.
Sybil Birling
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go there again”
Sheila
“she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her- and all that. In a way, she treated me- as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was.”
Eric
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble- that’s why.”
Eric
