Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul. Edna Ferber More Quotes by Edna Ferber More Quotes From Edna Ferber I'm tired of hearing you men say that this and that and the other isn't woman's work. Any work is woman's work that a woman can do well. Edna Ferber hearingtiredmen I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in the state of Texas and around outside, why, you could spend your life going to weddings. But a funeral, that's different. You only die once. Edna Ferber funeraltexasdifferent Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little. Edna Ferber too-muchliteraturelittles 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 sparksbatteriesvitality here in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness. Edna Ferber confusinggreatnesstexas The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness. Edna Ferber smarttownsserious don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain? Edna Ferber hatecomplainingpeople Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has. Edna Ferber oklahomahappenedstates Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike. Edna Ferber namesgivingpeople People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus. Edna Ferber self-confidencearrogancepeople Housework's the hardest work in the world. That's why men won't do it. Edna Ferber why-memenworld There's no sauce for play like work. Edna Ferber sauceplay A placated bully is a hand-fed bully. Edna Ferber bullybullyinghands There are ... just two kinds of girls. Those who go down town Saturday nights, and those who don't. Edna Ferber girlnighttwo [Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up. Edna Ferber womengirlhair The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy. Edna Ferber richpoorsocial About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad. Edna Ferber madmistakepeople 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 acceptancemotivationalmen You lose in the end unless you know how the wheel is fixed or can fix it yourself. Edna Ferber fixedwheelsends Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to. Edna Ferber love-conquers-allfooltrying