An Inspector Calls | Quotes

• Mr Birling: "As if were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense" (Act 1)
• Mr Birling: "The girl had been causing trouble in the works, I was quite justified" (Act 1)
• Mr Birling: "(angrily) Inspector, I've told you before, I don't like the tone nor the way you're handling this inquiry" (Act 2)
• Mr Birling: "(to Mrs Birling) What's the matter with that child?" (Act 2)
• Mr Birling: “Haven't I already said there'll be a public scandal – unless we're lucky – and who here will suffer from that more than I will?” (Act 3)
• Mr Birling: “(pointing to Eric and Sheila) Now look at the pair of them – the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can't even take a joke” – (Act 3)
• Mrs Birling: “A rather cold woman and her husband's social superior.” (Act 1)
• Mrs Birling: "Now Mrs Birling. Enters, briskly and self-confidently” – (Stage Directions, Act 2)
• Mrs Birling: “Girls of that class” (Act 2)
• Mrs Birling: “Sheila, I simply don't understand your attitude.” – (Act 3)
• Mrs Birling: "But I think she had only herself to blame.” – (Act 2)
• Mrs Birling: “I didn’t like her manner. She'd impertinently made use of our name” – (About Eva, Act 2)
• Mrs Birling: “I did nothing I'm ashamed of or that won't bear investigation” – (Act 2)