No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.
Edna FerberAny piece of furniture, I don't care how beautiful it is, has got to be lived with, and kicked about, and rubbed down, and mistreated by servants, and repolished, and knocked around and dusted and sat on or slept in or eaten off of before it develops its real character ... A good deal like human beings.
Edna Ferber