Top 16 Bill Bryson Iowa Quotes
#1. I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.
Bill Bryson
#2. Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.
Bill Bryson
#3. If, in order to succeed in an enterprise, I were obliged to choose between fifty deer commanded by a lion, and fifty lions commanded by a deer, I should consider myself more certain of success with the first group than with the second.
Vincent De Paul
#4. They talk about big skies in the western United States, and they may indeed have them, but you have never seen such lofty clouds, such towering anvils, as in Iowa in July.
Bill Bryson
#5. Do whatever you gotta do to chase your legacy every second of your life.
Ray Lewis
#6. Where did you find an Andarion? I've never seen one on Gouran before. Aren't you afraid to be with him? (Sales woman) Why no, I'm not afraid. He's already had his daily feeding. (Kiara) What do you feed him? (Sales woman) Babies. Lots and lots of babies. (Kiara)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#7. 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.
Bill Bryson
#9. Learning research tells us that the time lag from experiment to feedback is critical ...
Kent Beck
#10. 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 come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism
Bill Bryson
#11. I'd be glad to go out on a limb with those
Who want nothing beyond what the wind bestows,
Were I not bound to roots, dug in deep to bear
Never being done grasping for light and air
X.J. Kennedy
#12. 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
#13. I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.
Jeff Bezos
#14. In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy.
Allyson Schwartz
#15. An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows ... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space.
Bill Bryson
#16. All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.
Grover Cleveland
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