Joel Chandler Harris Quotes

The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads.

The Doctor: [aiming gun at the ceiling] Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever put in a trap. Angel Bob: And what would that be, sir? The Doctor: Me. [fires]

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.

Where the lion's skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the fox's.

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

I felt like a hunted animal, followed constantly, waiting to be killed.

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

With foxes we must play the fox.

A fox in its hour—bow to it.

Set of Vipers

Lies are dangerous but sometimes necessary when a country is in danger.

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words.

The men would kill me.

If you believe that their real intention is to kill you, it isn't unreasonable to believe that they would lie to you.

Those who tread among serpents, and along a tortuous path, must use the cunning of the serpent.

The other thing that troubled me: Dad was clutching his workbag. Usually when he does that, it means we're in danger. Like the time gunmen stormed into our hotel in Cairo. I heard shots coming from the lobby and ran downstairs to check on my dad. By the time I got there, he was just calmly zipping up his workbag while three unconscious gunmen hung by their feet from the chandelier, their robes falling over their heads so you could see their boxer shorts. Dad claimed not to have witnessed anything, and in the end the police blamed a freak chandelier malfunction.

Lazy Lob and crazy Cob are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more sweet than other meat, but still they cannot find me! Here am I, naughty little fly; you are fat and lazy. You cannot trap me, though you try, in your cobwebs crazy.

Coyote never loses. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

I am hunted by humans.

Hope your new boots are fast Bella. One little jar isn't going to keep a hungry bear occupied for long." "I only have to be faster than you.

If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive.

In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.