Mr Birling

• "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
• "the germans don't want war"
• "Eric, just let me finish"
• "A man has to make his own way, look after himself"
• "all mixed up like bees in a hive"
• "community and all that nonsense"
• "a socialist or some sort of crank"
• "there's every excuse for what your mother and I did"
• "you're the one I blame for this"
• "she'd had too much to say, so she had to go"
• "keep changing"
• "rather provincial in his speech"
• "so much easier"
• "do you play golf, inspector?"
• "a hard-headed, practical man of business"