Des Moines Quotes

Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place in the world that's not Des Moines.

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.

Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.