There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don't like to do that. Sometimes it's unpleasant.

Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasons would change: Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the aberrations of nature, thereby causing unhappiness to our neighbors and discomfort to ourselves.

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.

That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?