In some ways, I'm still a kid from Missouri and Oklahoma, and I'm trying to find my way.

- Brad Pitt

Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares!

- Buzz Aldrin

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri.

- Claire McCaskill

I was born in Missouri, but I was raised in Detroit. One of my stock and trades is accents.

- Denis O'Hare

It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri.

- Dan Simmons

I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn't get it through.

- Helen Thomas

I've been very active in Missouri.

- Jim Talent

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.

- Steve Cropper