First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County…

Being from Orange County is in a lot ways very much like being from the Midwest.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

No man-made structure in all of American history has been hated so much, by so many, for so long, with such good reason, as…

— Edward Abbey

I wrote what I did because as a woman, as a mother, I was oppressed and broken-hearted with the sorrows and injustice I saw,…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country,…

— Abraham Verghese

Mr. William Shakespeare was born at Stratford upon Avon in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told…

— John Aubrey

I grew up in Orange County, California, all over the beaches of San Clemente and that area.

— Donavon Frankenreiter

They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation,…

— Denis Kearney

From food trucks to hot dog stands to county fair favorites, 'street food' has enjoyed a rich and storied history in American cuisine. However,…

— Homaro Cantu

I have chosen to seek election to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and not reelection to Congress.

— Gloria Negrete McLeod

I grew up in Orange County, without a team. I never affiliated myself with the Chargers, south of me, or the Raiders, north of…

— Stephen Colletti

Ferguson and St. Louis County are not the first places that we have become engaged to ensure fair and equitable policing, and they will…

— Eric Holder

Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable…

— Nancy McKeon

I love being from Riley County.

— Jordy Nelson

I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.

— Sally Rand

If you've ever noticed, beauty pageants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk their prized…

— Sherry Argov