Mr Birling quotes

Question 1

1)

Answer 1

“A man has to make his own way - has to look out for himself - and his family too, of course”.

Question 2

2)

Answer 2

“The way these cranks talk and write now, … as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense”

Question 3

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Answer 3

Mr Birling- “You damned fool - why didn’t you come to me when you found yourself in this mess”?
Eric - “Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”.

Question 4

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Answer 4

“(angrily to Eric) You’re the one I blame for this”.

Question 5

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Answer 5

“I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can”.

Question 6

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Answer 6

“This makes a difference, y’know. In fact it makes all the difference”.

Question 7

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Answer 7

“We hard-headed practical business men must say something sometime”

Question 8

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Answer 8

“If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward”

Question 9

9)

Answer 9

“You’ll have a good laugh over it yet”

Question 10

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Answer 10

stage directions - “rather portentous man…rather provincial in speech”

Question 11

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Answer 11

“Well, Inspector, I don’t see that it’s any concern of yours how I choose to run my business. Is it now”?

Question 12

12)

Answer 12

“Rubbish! (To Inspector)”

Question 13

13)

Answer 13

(unhappily) “Look, Inspector - I’d give thousands - yes, thousands -“

Question 14

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Answer 14

(eagerly) “Wait a minute, wait a minute”