An Inspector Calls Quotes:
Arthur Birling
● “Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
● “Community and all that nonsense”
● “Like bees in a hive”
● “Hard-headed, practical man of business”
● “The German’s don’t want war”
Sybil Birling
● “Girls of that class”
● “I’ve done nothing wrong and you know it”
● "But I accept no blame at all"
● “I had done no more than my duty"
● “She had only herself to blame”
Sheila
● “But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people.”
● “(Miserably) So I’m really responsible?”
● “Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide.”
● “Fire and blood and anguish. And it frightens me the way you talk”
Eric
● “You’re not the sort of father a chap can go to”
● “I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
● “She was a good sport”
● “Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
Gerald
● “We’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
● “I don’t come into this suicide business.”
● “I’m rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be –”
● “I didn't feel about her as she felt about me”
Goole
● “If men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”
● “Good night”
● “It’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
● “If there’s nothing else we have to share our guilt”
Arthur Birling
● “Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
● “Community and all that nonsense”
● “Like bees in a hive”
● “Hard-headed, practical man of business”
● “The German’s don’t want war”
Sybil Birling
● “Girls of that class”
● “I’ve done nothing wrong and you know it”
● "But I accept no blame at all"
● “I had done no more than my duty"
● “She had only herself to blame”
Sheila
● “But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people.”
● “(Miserably) So I’m really responsible?”
● “Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide.”
● “Fire and blood and anguish. And it frightens me the way you talk”
Eric
● “You’re not the sort of father a chap can go to”
● “I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
● “She was a good sport”
● “Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
Gerald
● “We’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
● “I don’t come into this suicide business.”
● “I’m rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be –”
● “I didn't feel about her as she felt about me”
Goole
● “If men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”
● “Good night”
● “It’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
● “If there’s nothing else we have to share our guilt”
