To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes
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Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
"There are just some kind of men who—who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one"
"There are just some kind of men who—who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results."
Context
Miss Maudie sounds a little like Atticus here with her words of wisdom.
She's talking about Nathan Radley, but also about his fellow foot-washing Baptists who think she's going to hell for making her garden pretty. Miss Maudie's no party girl, but she still strikes out at those who think that all pleasure is bad...except for the pleasure they obviously take in judging their neighbors as sinners.
Where you've heard it
People who don't believe in the afterlife might drop this kind of comment if they see a religious person acting...not so nicely.
There are also loads of other quotes and almost-quotes that sound a lot like this one, although each one has a slightly different connotation. Here are a couple of our faves:
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Yeah, this one's a little Judgy McJudgerson.