“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 corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” ~~ Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Quotations
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em.” ~~ Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Chapter 9
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” ~~ Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Chapter 23
“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 in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Chapter 11
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” ~~ Plutarch
“The road to wisdom? Well, it’s plain and simple to express: Err and err again but less and less and less.” ~~ Piet Hein
“Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth by hitting back.” ~~ Piet Hein
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” ~~ Carl Sandburg
“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” ~~ Carl Sandburg
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” ~~ Carl Sandburg