--- title: "20 Midwesterner Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 20 Midwesterner quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Midwesterner sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/paul-rudd-3187_core_at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner-399331_399331.jpg" --- > [At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rudd/at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner/) [Paul Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rudd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/paul-rudd-3187_core_at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner-399331_399331.jpg) > [I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-capshaw/i-m-a-midwesterner-not-being-able-to-have-a-cheeseburger-once-in-a/) [Jessica Capshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-capshaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/jessica-capshaw-16905_able_i-m-a-midwesterner-not-being-able-to-hav_10180.png) > [I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-duckworth/i-did-not-know-i-was-a-midwesterner-until-i-got-there-i-just-fell-in/) [Tammy Duckworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-duckworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/tammy-duckworth-4313_just_i-did-not-know-i-was-a-midwesterner-unti_964600.png) > [What a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baxter/what-a-midwesterner-he-was-a-thoroughly-unhip-guy-with-his-heart-in/) [Charles Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baxter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/charles-baxter-8009_guy_what-a-midwesterner-he-was-a-thoroughly_2382846.png) > [As a Midwesterner, it's hard not to be thrilled about playing for the Pacers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyrese-haliburton/as-a-midwesterner-it-s-hard-not-to-be-thrilled-about-playing-for-the/) [Tyrese Haliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyrese-haliburton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/tyrese-haliburton-5913_about_as-a-midwesterner-it-s-hard-not-to-be-th_2812565.jpg) > [Being a Midwesterner, my first year in Boston was a trial. I loved the team, but adjusting to city life was most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-havlicek/being-a-midwesterner-my-first-year-in-boston-was-a-trial-i-loved-the/) [John Havlicek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-havlicek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/john-havlicek-4897_boston_being-a-midwesterner-my-first-year-in-bo_2289336.png) > [I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/i-m-very-much-a-typical-midwesterner-and-i-don-t-think-the-condition/) [John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/john-malkovich-2387_typical_i-m-very-much-a-typical-midwesterner-and_322190.jpg) > [Chicago my favourite American city. I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-malkovich/chicago-my-favourite-american-city-i-m-very-much-a-typical/) [John Malkovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-malkovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/john-malkovich-2387_chicago_chicago-my-favourite-american-city-i-m-v_2613206.jpg) > [Me myself, Brian, I'm a Midwesterner at heart, and I have this deep, bone-dry sense of humor, and I've found it worked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trixie-mattel/me-myself-brian-i-m-a-midwesterner-at-heart-and-i-have-this-deep-bone/) [Trixie Mattel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trixie-mattel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/trixie-mattel-6028_barbie_me-myself-brian-i-m-a-midwesterner-at-he_2658473.jpg) > [I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-m-a-midwesterner-by-birth-and-when-i-traveled-there-when-i-was/) [Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/philip-caputo-27862_birth_i-m-a-midwesterner-by-birth-and-when-i-t_423344.png) > [Being a Midwesterner, I know that many of the middle-class manufacturing jobs that had been at the heart of our economy are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-broad/being-a-midwesterner-i-know-that-many-of-the-middle-class/) [Eli Broad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-broad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/eli-broad-6856_back_being-a-midwesterner-i-know-that-many-of_2484232.jpg) > [There's almost nothing like native Midwesterner anywhere else in the world, except in Asia. They're miracles all in themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/there-s-almost-nothing-like-native-midwesterner-anywhere-else-in-the/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/kurt-vonnegut-41_asia_there-s-almost-nothing-like-native-midwe_2506604.jpg) > [“A Michigander can be every bit as prickly as a New Yorker, just not out loud. The Midwesterner’s credo: keep it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hynes/a-michigander-can-be-every-bit-as-prickly-as-a-new-yorker-just-not/) [James Hynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/james-hynes-70886_midwesterner_a-michigander-can-be-every-bit-as-prickl_402542.jpg) > [I just think - the Midwest, if you grow up there, you're deathly afraid of putting on airs. Any time a Midwesterner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-just-think-the-midwest-if-you-grow-up-there-you-re-deathly-afraid/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/gillian-flynn-316_being_i-just-think-the-midwest-if-you-grow-up_2255511.jpg) > [There are two sides to me. One is the writer. That's a savage person who looks at everything as a story and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/there-are-two-sides-to-me-one-is-the-writer-that-s-a-savage-person/) [Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/walter-kirn-2189_about_there-are-two-sides-to-me-one-is-the-wri_68167.jpg) > [First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-kurtis/first-of-all-i-m-a-midwesterner-being-from-kansas-and-chicago-is/) [Bill Kurtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-kurtis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/bill-kurtis-19279_bigs_first-of-all-i-m-a-midwesterner-being-fr_2971674.png) > [I didn't realize how much of a Hoosier or a Midwesterner I was until I moved to New York. It's weird -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/i-didn-t-realize-how-much-of-a-hoosier-or-a-midwesterner-i-was-until/) [Jim Gaffigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-gaffigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/jim-gaffigan-580_family_i-didn-t-realize-how-much-of-a-hoosier-o_1444709.jpg) > [“I'm a Midwesterner, and everyone in Ohio is excited. I'm also a New Yorker, and a New Jerseyan, and an American, plus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/i-m-a-midwesterner-and-everyone-in-ohio-is-excited-i-m-also-a-new/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/toni-morrison-271_inspiration_i-m-a-midwesterner-and-everyone-in-ohio_1438411.jpg) > [I think also just being from the Midwest, my dad was a stoic Midwesterner, he always told me never take anything for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-vig/i-think-also-just-being-from-the-midwest-my-dad-was-a-stoic/) [Butch Vig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-vig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/butch-vig-27016_beer_i-think-also-just-being-from-the-midwest_1778480.jpg) > [“In this he was like most Midwesterners. Directions are very important to them. They have an innate need to be oriented, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/in-this-he-was-like-most-midwesterners-directions-are-very-important/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/bill-bryson-340_directions_in-this-he-was-like-most-midwesterners-d_2567841.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/midwesterner/#itemlist", "name": "Midwesterner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Rudd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rudd/at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/paul-rudd-3187_core_at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner-399331_399331.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/paul-rudd-3187_core_at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner-399331_399331.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/paul-rudd-3187_core_at-my-core-i-m-a-midwesterner-399331_399331.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.” — Paul Rudd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a Midwesterner! 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