7. "Yes, I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence - quite deliberate - and naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case."
Sybil Birling, act three-million-and-fifty-nine
Sybil Birling, act two
Sybil Birling, act three
Sybil Birling, act one
8. "But these girls aren't cheap labour, they're people."
Eric Birling, act one
Sheila Birling, act two
Sheila Birling, act one
Eric Birling, act two
9. "Probably a socialist or some sort of crank."
Sybil Birling, act three
Gerald Croft, act three
Arthur Birling, act three
The inspector, act three
10. "The way some of these cranks talk and write now, you'd think everybody has to look after everybody else."
Eric Birling, act fifty-nine
Gerald Croft, act one
Arthur Birling, act one
The inspector, act three
11. "There's every excuse for what both your mother and I did."
Arthur Birling, act four
Arthur Birling, act three
Arthur Birling, act five
Arthur Birling, act two
12. "Heavily comfortable, but not cosy or homelike."
Act one
Act four
Act two
Act three
13. "There's no proof it was really the same girl."
Eric Birling, act three
Gerald Croft, act three
Sybil Birling, act three
Arthur Birling, act three
14. "A man has to look after his own business...look after himself and his own."
Gerald Croft, act one
Arthur Birling, act one
Eric Birling, act three
Gerald Croft, act two
15. "Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
Gerald Croft, act one
Arthur Birling, act one
Sybil Birling, act one
Arthur Birling, act two
16. "But she looked very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself. I couldn't be sorry for her."
