Quotes by : Edna Ferber

Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

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

America — rather, the United States — seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful,....

About mistakes it's funny. You've got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people....

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

Where are you going this hot day, Mis’ DeJong?”Selina sat up very straight. “To Bagdad, Mrs. Pool.”“To — Where’s....

Then there were long, lazy summer afternoons when there was nothing to do but read. And dream. And watch....

That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing....

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is....

Living in the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles causes you to....