An Inspector Calls is a 2015 British thriller television film written by Helen Edmundson, based on the 1945 J. B. Priestley play of the same name. It is directed by Aisling Walsh, produced by Howard Ella and stars David Thewlis as the titular character. The film was first broadcast on 13 September 2015 on BBC One. Here is a collection of An Inspector Calls quotes for you.
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An Inspector Calls Quotes
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
– Inspector Goole
“The famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke—”
– Arthur Birling
“But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.”
– Inspector Goole
“If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish.”
– Inspector Goole
“A man has to make his own way—has to look after himself—and his family, too, of course, when he has one—and so long as he does that he won’t come to much harm.”
– Arthur Birling
“We are all members of one body. We are all responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.”
– Inspector Goole
“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business. And I say there isn’t a chance of war.”
– Arthur Birling
“It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it.”
– Gerald Croft
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.”
– Inspector Goole
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”
– Arthur Birling
“There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do.”
– Inspector Goole
“I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
– Sheila Birling
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have to take care of themselves.”
– Inspector Goole
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”
– Arthur Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own—and—”
– Arthur Birling
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
– Inspector Goole
“The rude way he spoke to the inspector—without any manners—”
– Sheila Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do.”
– Inspector Goole
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
– Inspector Goole
“I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
– Sheila Birling
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have to take care of themselves.”
– Inspector Goole
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”
– Arthur Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own—and—”
– Arthur Birling
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
– Inspector Goole
“The rude way he spoke to the inspector—without any manners—”
– Sheila Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do.”
– Inspector Goole
“I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
– Sheila Birling
“And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.”
– Inspector Goole
“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business. And I say there isn’t a chance of war.”
– Arthur Birling
“It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it.”
– Gerald Croft
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.”
– Inspector Goole
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”
– Arthur Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own—and—”
– Arthur Birling
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
– Inspector Goole
“The rude way he spoke to the inspector—without any manners—”
– Sheila Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
– Sheila Birling
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have to take care of themselves.”
– Inspector Goole
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”
– Arthur Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do.”
– Inspector Goole
“I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
– Sheila Birling
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have to take care of themselves.”
– Inspector Goole
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”
– Arthur Birling
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.”
– Gerald Croft
“And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.”
– Inspector Goole
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