Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.
quotes and quotations
Home
Search Quotes
Browse Quotes
My Quotes
Quote Forum
Documents
Submit a Quote
Report an Error
QuoteWorld
::
Edna Ferber
:: Living in the past is a dull a...
View Quote
Email this Quote
"Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way." -
Copy to Clipboard
--
Edna Ferber
Add Quote To Your Quote List
Listed in:
History
,
Life
,
Monarchy
,
Sin
Rating:
4.11
9 votes submitted
Rate Quote
Sponsored Links
Top 5 quotes from Edna Ferber
"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth... But amusing? Never."
"Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death--fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous constant."
Top 5 quotes from History, Life, Monarchy, Sin
"By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered."
"There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em."
"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks."
"It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one."
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."
Contact Us
Our Links
Link to Us
Submit a Quote
Bookmark Us
Request a Document
QuoteWorld © 2008