Mr. Birling Quotes 2

Question 1

1(mind own business)

Answer 1

A man has to mind his own business and look after himself

Question 2

2(honours list)

Answer 2

There’s a fair chance that I might find my way into the next Honours list. Just a knighthood, of course

Question 3

3(scandal)

Answer 3

So as long as we behave ourselves don’t get into the police court or start a scandal-eh

Question 4

4(alderman)

Answer 4

I was an alderman for years-and Lord Mayor two years ago-and I’m still on the bench

Question 5

5(discharged)

Answer 5

She was one of my employees and then I discharged her

Question 6

6(suicide)

Answer 6

It has nothing whatever to do with this wretched girls suicide. Eh, inspector?

Question 7

7(responsibility)

Answer 7

I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward

Question 8

8(tone)

Answer 8

I don’t like that tone

Question 9

9(eric not started in the works)

Answer 9

[to Eric] Look-you just keep out of this. You hadn’t even started in the works when this happened

Question 10

10(rates)

Answer 10

We were paying the usual rates and if they don’t like those rates they could go and work somewhere else. It’s a free country, I told them