"When you've got a thing to say, Say it! Don't take half a day. When your tale's got little in it Crowd the whole thing in a minute! Life is short--a fleeting vapor-- Don't you fill the whole blamed paper With a tale which, at a pinch, Could be cornered in an inch! Boil her down until she simmers, Polish her until she glimmers."
Quotes by Joel Chandler Harris
"You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far."
"[...Brer Rabbit] said his prayers over like a train of railroad cars running [...]."
Joel Chandler HarrisJoel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an ...
