JOB in Classic Quotes

1  "That's your job," said Atticus.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

2  Mr. Link Deas made a job for Helen.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

3  Mr. Gilmer was doing his job, as Atticus was doing his.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

4  He surveyed the area and said he thought it was a local job.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

5  Ruth Jones, the welfare lady, said Mr. Ewell openly accused Atticus of getting his job.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

6  He did a fair job, only one spring and two tiny pieces left over, but the watch would not run.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 7

7  I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 22

8  He seemed surprised when he saw most of the back yard in the front yard, but he said we had done a jim-dandy job.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 8

9  Atticus told Miss Ruth not to fret, that if Bob Ewell wanted to discuss Atticus's "getting" his job, he knew the way to the office.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

10  He was a man learned in the law, and although he seemed to take his job casually, in reality he kept a firm grip on any proceedings that came before him.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

11  Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, a job usually done by one's parents, but Atticus had said Jem would be delighted to show me where my room was.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2

12  I suppose his brief burst of fame brought on a briefer burst of industry, but his job lasted only as long as his notoriety: Mr. Ewell found himself as forgotten as Tom Robinson.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

13  If he held his mouth right, Mr. Cunningham could get a WPA job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2

14  The first thing was that Mr. Bob Ewell acquired and lost a job in a matter of days and probably made himself unique in the annals of the nineteen-thirties: he was the only man I ever heard of who was fired from the WPA for laziness.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27