Mr Birling Quotes Flashcards
What is Mr Birling’s quote about community and responsibility? ‘A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family.’
A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family.
What is Mr Birling’s quote about social class and status? ‘The way some of these cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else.’
The way some of these cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else.
What is Mr Birling’s quote about progress and change? ‘The titanic - she sails next week - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - New York in five days - and every luxury - and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.’
The titanic - she sails next week - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - New York in five days - and every luxury - and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.
What is Mr Birling’s quote about business and capitalism? ‘A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own.’
A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own.
What is Mr Birling’s quote about individualism and self-reliance? ‘If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?’
If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?
