Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Edna Ferber Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Aug 15, 1885
  • Died: Apr 16, 1968

Edna Ferber was 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.

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. death

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. business

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 other views from John Millington Synge

3 other views from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more quotes from Winston Churchill

74 more quotes from Winston Churchill