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Top 99 Famous Quotes From To Kill A Mockingbird

If you’re a fan of Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, you’re likely familiar with some of the most famous quotes from the book. Here, we’ve compiled the top 99 quotes that have resonated with readers over the years. Plus, we’ve included some tips for celebrating these iconic lines with fellow fans.

1. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch
2. “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Atticus Finch
3. “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Atticus Finch
4. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Judge Taylor
5. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Miss Maudie
6. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Scout Finch
7. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch
8. “Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I’d rather it be me than that houseful of children out there.” – Atticus Finch
9. “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” – Atticus Finch
10. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” – Atticus Finch
11. “Things are always better in the morning.” – Atticus Finch
12. “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” – Atticus Finch
13. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike—in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” – Scout Finch
14. “You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.” – Scout Finch
15. “There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.” – Miss Maudie
16. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Scout Finch
17. “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Scout Finch
18. “It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” – Atticus Finch
19. “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.” – Atticus Finch
20. “I do my best to love everybody.” – Scout Finch
21. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” – Atticus Finch
22. “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions, but before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch
23. “Atticus, you must be wrong…”. “How’s that?” “Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…”. “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Scout Finch and Atticus Finch
24. “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch
25. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Scout Finch
26. “It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” – Scout Finch
27. “I guess there’s just a different way of looking at things. You know, the way you look at things is the way they really are.” – Scout Finch
28. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch
29. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch
30. “Things are always better in the morning.” – Atticus Finch
31. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” – Scout Finch
32. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Scout Finch
33. “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Atticus Finch
34. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Judge Taylor
35. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Miss Maudie
36. “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Scout Finch
37. “It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” – Atticus Finch
38. “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.” – Atticus Finch
39. “I do my best to love everybody.” – Scout Finch
40. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” – Atticus Finch
41. “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions, but before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch
42. “Atticus, you must be wrong…”. “How’s that?” “Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…”. “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Scout Finch and Atticus Finch
43. “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch
44. “I think there’s just one