"Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa,……" — Bill Bryson
"Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you don't find a sense of community in malls."
More Activity Quotes
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words… — Margaret Atwood
- If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always… — Roger Bannister
- Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough. — Dave Barry
- To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing. — Martha Beck
- If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging. — Alan Bennett
- The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete. — Andrea Bocelli
- The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. — William J. H. Boetcker
- Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. — Edward de Bono
- Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. — Jorge Luis Borges
- I'm just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment.… — Jo Brand
- Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in… — Jacob Bronowski
- One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians. — William F. Buckley, Jr.