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An Inspector Calls
Mr Birling - Key Quotes
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“Heaving
looking
rather
portentous
man in his middle
50s”
“I speak as a
hard-headed
business
man”
“I am speaking as a
hard-headed
practical
man
of
business”
“You’ll hear some people will say
war’s inevitable.
And to that
I
say
fiddlesticks”
‘A man has to
mind
his
own
business
and
look
after
himself
and his own- and- [we hear the
sharp
ring
of a front doorbell]”
“All
mixed
up together like
bees
in a
hive”
“unsinkable,
absolutely
unsinkable”
"The
famous younger generation
who
know it all.
And they can't even take a
joke-
[
telephone
rings sharply]"
"You! You don't seem to care about anything. But
I care.
I was almost certain for a
knighthood
in the next
Honours List
"
"Possibly, but you weren't asked to come here to talk about
my
responsibilities
"
"Nothing much has happened, haven't I already said there will be a
public
scandal
?"
"Let's say, in
1940-
you may be having a
little party like this
"