Quotes AIC

‘I’m talking as a…

hard-headed, practical man of business’ - Mr Birling - Act 1

‘the Titanic…

unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’ - Mr Birling - Act 1

‘you’d think that everybody has to…

‘look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up like bees in a hive’ - Mr Birling - Act 1

‘I can’t accept…

any responsibility’ - Mr Birling - Act 1

‘I was almost certain…

for a knighthood’ - Mr Birling - Act 3

‘a time when Crofts and Birlings…

are no longer competing but working together - for lower costs and higher prices’ - Mr Birling - Act 1

‘I protest against the way in which…

my daughter, a young unmarried girl is being dragged into this’ - Mr Birling - Act 2

‘I can’t accept…

any responsibility’ - Mr Birling - Act 2

‘I’ll give…

thousands - yes, thousands’ - Mr Birling - Act 3

‘This makes a…

‘difference y’know. In fact it makes all the difference’ - Mr Birling - Act 3

‘As if a girl of…

that sort would ever refuse money’ - Mrs Birling - Act 2

‘I did nothing I am…

ashamed of’ - Mrs Birling - Act 2

‘Go and look for the…

father of the child. Its his responsibility’ - Mrs Birling - Act 2

To Sheila - ‘Youre behaving like a…

hysterical child tonight’ - Mrs Birling - Act 2

‘I blame the young man…

who was the father of the child. He should be made an example of’ - Mrs Birling - Act 2

‘When you’re married you’ll realise…

that men with important work to do sometimes spend nearly all their time and energy on their business'. You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had’ - Mrs Birling - Act 1

‘Arthur, you’re not…

supposed to say such things’ - Mrs Birling - Act 1

‘I was the only one…

who didn’t give into him’ - Mrs Birling - Act 3

‘Didn’t I tell you?…

Didn’t I say I couldn’t imagine a real police inspector talking like that to us’ - Mrs Birling - Act 3

‘Girls of that…

class’ - Mrs Birling - Act 1

‘But these girls aren’t…

cheap labour - theyre people’ - Sheila - Act 1

‘I can’t help but think about this girl…

destroying herself so horribly - and I’ve been so happy tonight’ - Sheila - Act 1

‘‘You mustn’t try and build up…

a kind of wall between us and that girl. If you do the Inspector will just break it down’ - Sheila - Act 2

‘I know I did…

I’m ashamed of it’ - Sheila - Act 1

‘It frightens me…

the way you talk’ - Sheila - Act 3

‘Mummy - …

isn’t it a beauty’ - Sheila - Act 1

‘Is it the one you…

wanted me to have’ - Sheila - Act 1

‘So I’m really…

responsible?’ - Sheila - Act 1

‘I suppose we’re all…

nice people now’ - Sheila - Act 3

‘You and I aren’t the same…

people who sat down to dinner here’ - Sheila - Act 2

‘half shy…

half assertive’ - Eric - Stage Directions

‘Why shouldn’t they…

try for higher wages?’ - Eric - Act 1

‘You’re not the kind of…

father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble’ - Eric - A3

‘I was in the state where…

a chap easily turns nasty’ - Eric - Act 3

‘I don’t know. Suddenly I felt…

I just had to laugh’ - Eric - Act 1

‘What about…

war?’ - Eric - Act 1

‘Is that why she…

commited suicide? When was this father?’ Eric - Act 1

‘Yes and thats when…

it happened. And I didn’t even rememeber - thats the hellish thing' - Eric - Act 3

‘I hate these…

fat old tarts round the town - the ones I see some of your respectable friends with’ - Act 3

‘I don’t see much…

nonsense about it when a girl goes and kills herself’ - Eric - Act 3

‘I don’t come into this…

suicide business’ - Gerald - Act 1

‘I didn’t install her there so that…

I could make love to her… I was sorry for her’ - Gerald - Act 2

‘Everythings all right now…

Sheila. (holds up the ring) - Gerald - Act 3

‘After all you know, we’re…

respectable citizens and not criminals’ - Gerald - Act 1

‘I was awfully…

busy at the works’ - Gerald - Act 1

‘She was very pretty…

soft brown hair and big dark eyes’ - Gerald - Act 2

‘Alright - I did for…

a time. Nearly any man would have done’ - Gerald - Act 2

‘That man wasn’t…

a real police inspector’ - Gerald - Act 3

‘What about this…

ring’ - Gerald - Act 3

‘I did keep a girl…

last summer. I’ve admitted it. And I’m sorry Sheila’ - Gerald - Act 3

‘We don’t live alone…

We are members of one body. We are responsible for eachother’ - Inspector - Act 3

‘If men will not…

learn theur lesson. They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish’ - Inspector - Act 3

‘Each one of you…

helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it’ - Inspector - Act 3

‘Public men Mr Birling…

have responsibilities as well as priviliges’ - Inspector - Act 2

‘Its better to ask…

for the earth than take it’ - Inspector - Act 1

‘An impression of…

massiveness, solidity and purpose’ - Inspector - Stage direction

‘Lighting pink and…

intimate, then brighter and harder when the Inspector comes’ - Inspector - Stage direction

‘There are millions…

and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us today’ - Inspector - Act 3

‘We are all responsible…

for eachother’ - Inspector - Act 3

‘You’ll be able to divide…

the responsibility between you when I’ve gone’ - Inspector - Act 3