Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferberwas an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 August 1887
CityKalamazoo, MI
CountryUnited States of America
bullying hands bully
A placated bully is a hand-fed bully.
hate people complaining
don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?
dissatisfaction
I like any place that isn't here.
oklahoma states happened
Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has.
letting-go new-year years
celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.
names people giving
Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.
moon two four
The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons.
land acres care
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.
way jew privileged
But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.
batteries sparks vitality
A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.
men world why-me
Housework's the hardest work in the world. That's why men won't do it.
beautiful real character
Any piece of furniture, I don't care how beautiful it is, has got to be lived with, and kicked about, and rubbed down, and mistreated by servants, and repolished, and knocked around and dusted and sat on or slept in or eaten off of before it develops its real character ... A good deal like human beings.
philosophy food beef
Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.
food soul cobblers
Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.