Iowa Quotes: top 81 famous quotes about Iowa

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You know, if they ever gave a Nobel Prize for avoiding work, every year some white guy in Iowa would get a million bucks and a trip to Sweden. — Andrew Smith

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. — Fred Allen

I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa. — Jason Momoa

My grandmother from Iowa, she is dancing in Heaven at the prospect that the next president of the United States is going to be Hillary Rodham Clinton. — Cory Booker

The people of Iowa are a rare breed. — Jason Reeves

Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such a state. — George W. Bush

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to. — Bill Bryson

I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far the most surreal moment. — Vanessa Kerry

Don't ever die, Juan Diego had written to Brother Pepe from Iowa City. What Juan Diego meant was that HE would die if he lost Pepe. — John Irving

What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state. — Jason Alexander

So I've come to Chicago to have a drink," he said. "I'm living in Iowa City for now. Have you ever been to Iowa City?" "I — Ann Patchett

For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country. — Elin Hilderbrand

Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa. — Mara Liasson

Quality, affordable housing is a key element of a strong and secure Iowa. — Thomas Vilsack

Hillary is in Iowa to listen to what the people are saying - because if you want her to speak, that will cost you $200,000. So she's there listening. — David Letterman

The thing I'm most proud of here at Iowa is putting the ANF on our headgear. — Hayden Fry

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses. — Rick Perry

If you want to be a comedian, go out. Do a week in Des Moines, Iowa. Try to make those people laugh. — Nick Swardson

I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space — James T. Kirk

I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad. — Justin Cronin

Omaha, Nebraska. Sac City, Iowa. Alexandria, Indiana. Darwin, Minnesota. Hollywood, California. Alliance, Nebraska. — John Green

God invented Iowa, he always said, so people could leave it and never come back. — Justin Cronin

I lived in Iowa for pretty much the rest of my life, but I just moved to St. Louis and opened up a gym and MMA training center. — Robbie Lawler

In Iowa, we were not used to seeing the houses of well-known people on account of there were no well-known people in Iowa. — Bill Bryson

I'm from Iowa, we don't know what cool is! — Ashton Kutcher

He felt like a green-as-grass PFC from Dubuque, Iowa, trading banter with the hardened South Vietnamese regular attached to his unit. "So, — Lev Grossman

When you live in a small town like Iowa Falls, there's not a lot to do, so we would, as a family, watch a ton of films. — Patrick Whitesell

I had to go to France to appreciate Iowa. — Grant Wood

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus. — Albert Brooks

I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers. — Patrick Whitesell

I want to caucus in Iowa. I'll caucus all over the state. I don't caucus in California. You don't caucus where you live. It doesn't look good. — Pat Paulsen

I'm happy wherever I go, whatever I do. I'm happy in Iowa, I'm happy here in California. — Ashton Kutcher

It is possible to grieve for the loss of a thing even as you are in possession of it. To crave the very thing you have been blessed with. — Joe Blair

I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason. — Jon Huntsman Jr.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa. — Buffalo Bill

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school. — Chelsea Cain

What is this place? Heaven? <> Ha. <> You're supposed to say, It's Iowa. — Rainbow Rowell

Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but there's no food, no culture, no ocean. — Elin Hilderbrand

I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different. — Steve Alford

Gleaming like a searchlight, Iowa moon, silver plate. — Dennis Vickers

I'm 100% Norwegian. Three generations removed and all continuous inbreeding of Norwegian of Minnesota and Iowa, so I traveled to Norway before. — Eric Christian Olsen

I'm sort of a Southerner because those are my roots, but my parents are from Iowa. — Geneva Carr

Newt Gingrich had a horrible week in the Iowa caucuses. Only 13 percent of his ex-wives voted for him. — David Letterman

I'm delighted to be back in coaching. Our goal is to put Iowa wrestling back on top, and I want to do everything I can to make it happen. — Dan Gable

Lancaster, California ... that promised land sometimes called 'the west coast of Iowa. — Joan Didion

All of Iowa must be campuses and crops. — Joshua Cohen

It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere. — Chuck Grassley

Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances. — Bill Bryson

If you grow corn or trade in pigs or write poetry then you go to Iowa City." "That's why I haven't been. — Ann Patchett

Iowa voters are intelligent enough to make up their minds. — Terry Branstad

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman. — George Stigler

If Iowa is the 'heart' land, what part of the human body is Los Angeles? — Pat Paulsen

Hillary Clinton is now driving from New York to Iowa. It's been called the least-exciting spring break trip in history. — Conan O'Brien

Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go. — James Van Allen

I once heard a tobacco-chewing hog farmer say that, in Iowa, folks like to spread out their children like dog shit on a dance floor. — Andrew Smith

I have never understood the Iowa caucus. — Larry King

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork. — Joni Ernst

California: The west coast of Iowa. — Joan Didion

I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town. — Chelsea Cain

They could stay in Iowa. Lots of people do that. Millions of them, like four million of them, stay in Iowa, year after year. — Dean Bakopoulos

In Iowa, we take care of people. That's all I think I need to say. — Steve King

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras

I went to college in Iowa for a little bit and tried to get some bands together there. That was about a year of my life. — Dave Keuning

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa. — Joni Ernst

I like Iowa. I know Iowa. I've spent some time in Iowa. Good people in Iowa. It's a great state. — Martin O'Malley

Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge. — Eminem

What is this place? Heaven? You're supposed to say, "It's Iowa. — Rainbow Rowell

Hillary Clinton is driving across Iowa in a van. It's to get to know the people she'll never, ever see again in her life. — David Letterman

Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too. — Michele Bachmann

Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities — Chuck Grassley

History is full of decapitations, and Iowa is no exception. — Andrew Smith

Live for the moment. For tomorrow you could be dead. — Chris O'Guinn

The education needs in Silicon Valley versus rural Iowa versus Tennessee are very different. — Andy Ogle

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister. — Abigail Van Buren

I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa. — Marco Rubio

Everything I need to know, I learned in Iowa. I grew up here in Iowa. — Michele Bachmann

No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination. — Chuck Todd

One of the first things I bought when I made 'Roseanne Show' money was a farm in Iowa. — Roseanne Barr

We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value. — Thomas Vilsack

Being from Iowa, I can tell you that Vegas is not normal. — Dave Keuning

Lucas was starting to feel like a yo-yo, and Iowa City was the finger. — John Sandford