An Inspector Calls - Key Quotes

nonsense

Community and all that ________.

fiddlesticks

You'll hear some people say that war's inevitable. And to that, I say ___________.

Forty-six thousand

_______________________________eight - hundred tons!

purple-faced

Like one of those _________-__________ old men.

family

I insist upon being one of the _____________ now.

son-in-law

You're just the kind of ______-____-_____ I always wanted.

lower costs

Working together - for __________ ________ and higher prices!

hard-headed businessman

I speak as a

_________-__________

___________________.

peace

There'll be ____________ and prosperity...

Honours List

I might find my way on to the next __________ ______________.

himself

A man has to look after ____________ ...

strong disinfectant

She'd swallowed a lot of ________ ___________.

line of enquiry

One person and one ________ ___ ________ at a time...

wretched girl

It has nothing whatever to do with the _________ ________'s suicide

chain

A __________ of events.

ask questions

It's my duty to ______ ______________.

tough luck

He could have kept her on... I call it ________ ________.

ask for the earth

It's better to ______ ______ ______ ________ than to take it.

cheap labour

But these girls aren't ________ ________ - they're people.

nasty mess

A nice little promising life there, and a ________ _______ somebody's made of it.

respectable citizens

After all, we're _________ __________ and not criminals.

suicide business

I don't come into this __________ ________.

last summer

It was all over and done with _____ _________.

Daisy Renton

First, she changed her name to ____________ ______________.

miserable plain little creature

If she'd been some _________ __________ ______ ______, I don't suppose I'd have done it.

heavy-handed

Getting a bit

________-__________, aren't you, Inspector?

had to go

She'd had a lot to say - far too much - so she _______ ___ ________.

responsibility

I can't accept any ________________.

bees in a hive

As if we were all mixed up together like ________ ______ ______ ________.

hysterical

He means that I'm getting ______________ now.

unpleasant and disturbing things

You think young women ought to be protected against __________ ______ __________ ________?

selfish vindictive creature

You've made your mind up I must obviously be a ______ ________ __________.

guilt

If there's nothing else, we'll have to share our ________.

impressionable

We often do on the young ones. They're more ______________.

class

Girls of that ________...

offence

Let's leave ______________ out of it, shall we?

drink far too much

He's a young man - and some young men ________ ______ ________ ________.

hang ourselves

He's giving us the rope - so that we'll ______ __________.

women of the town

It's a favourite haunt of ________ ______ ______ ________.

we killed her

And probably between us ______ ________ __________.

Alderman Meggarty

Surely you don't mean ____________________ ________________?

most important

I became at once the _______ ____________ person in her life.

fairy prince

You were the wonderful _________ __________.

happier

She told me she'd been ____________ than she'd ever been before.

defending

Sheila, I'm not ____________ him, but you must understand that a lot of young men...

responsibilities

Public men, Mr Birling, have ________________ as well as privileges.

ashamed

I did nothing I'm ______________ of or that won't bear investigation.

father

Go and look for the ____________ of the child.

stammer and yammer

Don't ______________ ______ ____________ at me again man!

girl of that sort

As if a ________ ______ ________ ________ would ever refuse money.

confession of responsibility

Make an example of the young man, eh? Public ____________ ______ __________ - um?

hysterical child

You're behaving like an _______ _____ tonight.

tone

Inspector, I've told you before, I don't like your ________...

easier

You haven't made it any ______________ for me, have you, mother?

drink

He needs a __________ now just to see him through.

squiffy

I was a bit ___________.

nasty

I was in that state when a chap easily turns ____________.

liked her

I wasn't in love with her or anything - but I ________ ______.

fat old tarts

I hate these ______ ______ __________ round the town.

stole

You mean - you ________ the money?

cover this up

I've got to ________ ______ ______ as soon as I can.

spoilt

Your trouble is - you've been __________.

damn

Your own grandchild... You killed them both - ________ you!

kill her

Each of you helped to ______ ______.

heavier price

Now she'll make you pay a ________ ________ still.

money

You're offering ________ at the wrong time, Mr Birling.

harm

Eva Smith's gone. You can't do her any more ________.

responsible

We are members of one body. We are _________ for each other.

fire and blood and anguish

If men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in ______ ______ ______ ______ ________.

public scandal

There'll be a ________ ____________.

our police inspector

He was ________ ________ __________ all right.

fake

By Jingo - a ________!

nice people

I suppose we're all ________ ________ now.

lucky for us

If it didn't end tragically, then that's ________ ______ ______.