First-lines Quote by Bill Bryson Download Open image “I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.” — Bill Bryson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare First-lines First-words Iowa Truth
When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs. — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
I've been to Iowa many times before. You have to love Iowa, or you're not an American. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
The first city I ever came to in the states was Des Moines. I was 12 and was in a boys' choir. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Iowa is an amazing place. But I didn't have much race around me. I was definitely not like everyone there. — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
Most big companies don't like you very much, except hotels, airlines and Microsoft, which don't like you at all. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“But Welsh spellings are as nothing compared with Irish Gaelic, a language in which spelling and pronunciation give the impression of having been devised… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . .… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“The dining table was a plain board called by that name. It was hung on the wall when not in use, and was perched… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“From almost nothing, France in four years built up an aircraft industry that employed nearly 200,000 people and produced some 70,000 planes. Britain built… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“A diarist named George Templeton Strong recorded in the winter of 1866 that even with two furnaces alight and all the fireplaces blazing, he… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Nobody gets excited about the future at all, ever. The future is something we find depressing and worrisome. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“What made this particularly interesting is that John Howard is by far the dullest man in Australia. Imagine a very committed funeral home director… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“THE BOY WHO LIVED Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together.” — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
“I never really wanted to die. But I followed through anyway. The pain in my heart was excruciating, and death was beautiful.” — Rae Hachton Copy Share Image
“This is the story of a man named Eddie and it starts at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It may seem… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“There is a delicate-looking plant native to North America called bleeding heart.” — Josh Aterovis Copy Share Image
“It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder.” — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
