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

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Things are always better in the morning.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.

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.

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.

You never know how long it will take. The route to success is unpredictable. So pack the essentials: parcels of love and peace, packets of patience and hope, and bundles of perseverance!

Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.

Fashion absolutely matters, but it doesn’t matter absolutely.

Beautiful princesses and beautiful, strong queens are brainwashed into thinking ho’s and B****’s are virtuous titles.

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.

I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserves success. I have the drive to work. Maybe that's why I've stayed on the fringe.

Slipping? We're bigger than Jesus.

People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?

I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.