I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.

- Jason Momoa

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

- Michele Bachmann

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

- Marco Rubio

I started with California, and I did not like it. I flew over to Seattle, and I did not like it much. I felt like Iowa is the place - I like the people and the environment.

- Liang Chow

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.

- Larry King

We want Iowa to remain red. We have worked so hard to get here. We will not be a purple state: we will be a red state.

- Joni Ernst

I can tell you that the Iowa way - the Iowa way is to find out that there is a problem and acknowledge it and address it head-on.

- Joni Ernst

I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.

- Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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

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

- Jason Alexander

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

- Ashton Kutcher

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

- Geneva Carr

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

- George Stigler

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

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

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

- Dave Keuning

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

- Chelsea Cain

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

- Buffalo Bill

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

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