Mr (Arthur) Birling Quotes Flashcards
“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business”
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‘you’ll hear some people say war is Inevitable … fiddlesticks!’
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‘The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely
unsinkable.’
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“I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood”
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“A man has to make his own way – has to look after himself – and his
family too, of course”
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“(rather impatiently) Horrid business. But I don’t understand why you
should come here.”
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“you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were
all mixed up like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense.”
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“I was an alderman for years – and Lord Mayor two years ago – and
I’m still on the Bench – so I know the Brumley police offers pretty well”
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“there’s every excuse for what your mother and I did”
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“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”
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“Now look at the pair of them- the famous younger generation who
know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-”
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