I grew up in western Oregon, just outside Eugene, on 27 wooded acres that served as my playground.

- Benjamin Percy

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

- Dave Barry

I never thought Oregon would elect to the U.S. Senate a Mormon, but it did.

- Gordon Smith

I think people think of Oregon as such a granola, hippie kind of a place.

- Kaitlin Olson

Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

- Maggie Gallagher

None of my characters seem to have had sex yet - I haven't written about that. And I wouldn't want to deal with what's happening in Oregon - the school shootings.

- Paula Danziger

I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York.

- Rachel Kushner

I was on this bridge overlooking the carpet... I think it went all the way back to Oregon.

- Steven Cojocaru

This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life.

- Tom McCall