Des Moines Quotes

22 Des Moines quotes by 16 unique authors

Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city. — 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… — Bill Bryson
(On upcoming racing plans) Right now I am going to go back into training and then I am going to resurface and do the BAA… — Leonel Manzano
My interest in chemistry was started by reading Robert Kennedy Duncan's popular books while a high school student in Des Moines, Iowa, so that after… — Wallace Carothers
I moved to Des Moines when I was 15. I asked my mother to give up costody and sign parental rights over to my grandmother,… — Corey Taylor
I-just-got-off-the-bus-and-I'm-really-excited-and-ambitious-and-I-took-an-acting-class-in-Des-Moines-and-I-know-I-really-need-an-agent-and-I-want-one-NOW — Bonnie Gillespie
Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington -- it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord… — Barack Obama
I come from Des Moines. Someone had to. — Bill Bryson
I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs. — Stephen Collins
It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and… — Jenn Suhr
I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night. — Bret Michaels
Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines. — Barbara Walters
look, you know i don't wanna come on ungrateful, but that warren report, you know as well as me, just didn't make it. You know,… — Bob Dylan
I come Des Moines. Somebody had to. — Bill Bryson
I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream richer. There were… — Jack Kerouac
So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines. — Jack Kerouac
A typical National World Weekly would tell the world how Jesus' face was seen on a Big Mac bun bought by someone from Des Moines,… — Neil Gaiman
If you want to be a comedian, go out. Do a week in Des Moines, Iowa. Try to make those people laugh. — Nick Swardson
My first district was Northwest Iowa. In 2002, it became North Central Iowa hooking around Des Moines down to the south, clear up to the… — Tom Latham
You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds… — Zach Johnson
I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to. — Bill Bryson
My own opinion is that there's far too little flirtation in our country as it is. Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as… — Barbara Walters

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16 authors contributed a total of 22 Des Moines Quotes as follows: