“Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.”

“No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”

“Jem was a born hero.”

“She was born in the Objective case.”

“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout”

“It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates them. Your not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.”

“There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.”