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Edna Ferber Quotes: "We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by."

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern."

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.




Edna Ferber Quotes: "Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight."

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "A closed mind is a dying mind."

A closed mind is a dying mind.




Edna Ferber Quotes: "Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy."

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds."

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.




Edna Ferber Quotes: "Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?"

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?



Edna Ferber Quotes: "The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor."

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant."

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours."

I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death."

If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.




Edna Ferber Quotes: "Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history."

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "... home isn't always the place where you were born and bred. Home is the place where your everyday clothes are, and where somebody or something needs you."

... home isn't always the place where you were born and bred. Home is the place where your everyday clothes are, and where somebody or something needs you.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that."

But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life."

I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep."

Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics."

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness."

The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle."

A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "It's terrible to realize that you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die; and, then it's too late."

It's terrible to realize that you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die; and, then it's too late.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world."

Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't."

A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here."

It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "I never would just open a door and walk through, I had to bust it down for the hell of it. I just naturally liked doing things the hard way."

I never would just open a door and walk through, I had to bust it down for the hell of it. I just naturally liked doing things the hard way.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure."

Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like fooling around with paper dolls when you could be playing with a real live baby."

All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like fooling around with paper dolls when you could be playing with a real live baby.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Housework's the hardest work in the world. That's why men won't do it."

Housework's the hardest work in the world. That's why men won't do it.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion."

The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit."

A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "If it's freedom you want, come to Texas. No one there tells you what to do and how you have to do it."

If it's freedom you want, come to Texas. No one there tells you what to do and how you have to do it.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has."

Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little."

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus."

People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic."

One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak."

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier."

Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike."

Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible."

The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to."

Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by it."

No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by it.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations."

Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse."

Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth."

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "[Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up."

[Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up.



Edna Ferber Quotes: "Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature."

Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature.