Mr Birling is a popular character in An Inspector Calls and is known for his wisdom. He is a wealthy businessman who owns a factory in Brumley. He is also a magistrate and has been the city’s lord mayor. Here is a collection of Mr. Birling Quotes that can unlock the wisdom inside you.
“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.”
-Mr. Birling
“The famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke—”
-Mr. Birling
“I have to cover this up as soon as I can.”
-Mr. Birling
“The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war, except some half-civilized folks in the Balkans.”
-Mr. Birling
“I don’t propose to give you much rope.”
-Mr. Birling
“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”
-Mr. Birling
“There’ll be a public scandal.”
-Mr. Birling
“You seem to have made a great impression on this child, Inspector. I meant to see her properly over this.”
-Mr. Birling
“I was an alderman for years—and Lord Mayor two years ago—and I’m still on the Bench—so I know the Brumley police officers pretty well—and I thought I’d never seen you before.”
-Mr. Birling
“You don’t realize yet all what you’ve done.”
-Mr. Birling
“I’m a public man.”
-Mr. Birling
“It’s my duty to keep labor costs down, and if I’d agreed to this demand for a new rate we’d have added about twelve percent to our labor costs.”
-Mr. Birling
“I was almost certain for a knighthood in the next Honors List.”
-Mr. Birling
“You’ve confessed to thefts, and now he knows all about the suicide and how you drove her to it.”
-Mr. Birling
“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?”
-Mr. Birling
“It’s my duty to keep labor costs down, and if I’d agreed to this demand for a new rate we’d have added about twelve percent to our labor costs.”
-Mr. Birling
“If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.”
-Mr. Birling
“Still, 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?”
-Mr. Birling
“One Eva Smith has gone—but 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, with what we think and say and do. We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each oth
-Mr. Birling
“Public men, Mr. Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.”
-Mr. Birling
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