Mr Birling

• 'for lower costs and higher prices'
• 'You can ignore all this silly pessimistic talk.'
• 'I'm talking as a hard-headed practical man of business.'
• 'You'll hear some people say war is inevitable...fiddlesticks!'
• 'The Titanic - she sails next week...and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.'
• 'In 1940 - you may be giving a little party like this...there'll be peace, prosperity and rapid progress.'
• 'these Capital versus Labour agitations'
• 'A man has to make his own way'
• 'Don't blame her. ...It's only natural'
• 'I gather there's a very good chance of a knighthood'
• 'and I'm still on the bench'
• 'Horrid business. But I don't understand why you should come here.'
• 'Perhaps I ought to explain first that this is Mr Gerald Croft - the son of Sir George Croft.'
• 'Still I can't accept any responsibility'
• 'Perhaps I ought to warn you he's an old friend of mine'
• 'Nothing to do with you Sheila. Run along.'
• 'I was quite justified.'
• 'We were having a nice little family celebration...nasty mess.'
• 'I was almost certain for a knighthood.'
• 'Probably a socialist or some sort of crank.'