Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has. Edna Ferber More Quotes by Edna Ferber More Quotes From Edna Ferber Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep. Edna Ferber summerspringpromise 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 treebeautifulmen A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle. Edna Ferber womenstrugglememorable No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't. Edna Ferber oughtintelligentifs Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag. Edna Ferber nervesuseway 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 wakinghourslong 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 texasifswant 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 irritationfrustrationclouds Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier. Edna Ferber easiertexasway It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here. Edna Ferber differentsoundtravel There are people who have a penchant for cities-more than that, a talent for them, a gift of sensing them, of feeling their rhythm and pulsebeats, as others have a highly developed music sense, or color reaction. It is a thing that cannot be acquired. Edna Ferber colorcitiespeople The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion. Edna Ferber compulsionhelping 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 wallviewswriting Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. Edna Ferber womensightmemorable 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 maycountryinteresting The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern. Edna Ferber goatsbusybodiessheep Men often marry their mothers. Edna Ferber mothermen Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure. Edna Ferber beeffoodphilosophy But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged. Edna Ferber jewfeltway Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. Edna Ferber christmasfeelingslove
