Sheila: (half serious half playful) Yes- except for all last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you.

Eric suddenly guffaws

Sheila: You're squiffy

Birling: when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together- for lower costs and higher prices

Birling: some people say that war's inevitable. And to that I say- fiddlesticks!

Birling: unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable (talking about the Titanic)

he creates at once an impression of massiveness solidity and purposefulness

He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addressed before actually speaking

Inspector: Burnt her inside out, of course