"And I say there isn’t a chance of war. The world's developing so fast that it'll make war impossible."

“...clothes mean something quite different to a woman….but a sort of sign or token of their self-respect."

"...we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices."

"Is there any reason why my wife should answer questions from you, Inspector?"

"My duty is to keep labour costs down"

"Does that satisfy you? So I refused."

"It's a free country"

"A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own"

"[unhappily]: Look, Inspector - I'd give thousands - yes, thousands-"

“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”

"I can't accept any responsibility."

“If you don’t come down hard on these people they’d soon be asking for the earth.”

“Nothing to do with you, Sheila. Run along”

“I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can”

“You’ll have a good laugh over it yet”

“A heavy-looking, rather portentous man”