10 Quotes About Florida

We’re about to take a trip down memory lane with some of the best Florida quotes. Whether you’re a native or not, you’ve certainly heard plenty of Florida stories. From the infamous old Florida saying “Alligators are born in the Sunshine State, but they die in the shade.”, to the unique “Florida Man” who has been described as part man, part gator, all confused, here are some quotes to get you feeling nostalgic for your beloved Sunshine State.

Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.
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Almost everything strange washes up near Miami. Rick Riordan
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The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded". Tucker Max
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Voters have soaked up a noggin full of negativity over the last twenty years, with an economy we had to bring back from collapse, plus terrorist attacks and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don’t want to belabor these points, but your listeners know what I’m talking about. I think the antidote is to appreciate what we have, enjoy where we live, and make a positive contribution to our communities. My Cracker Pride campaign is balanced by the spirit of Cincinnatus. He was a farmer and Roman general who was twice made dictator. And he had the forbearance to resign as dictator as soon as he had vanquished Rome’s enemies. He became a civic ideal for good leadership. That’s the spirit I want in my district and in my campaign. - Veda Rabadel, The Tea & Crackers Campaign. Peter Prasad
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Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida, swamped by incongruity and paradox, and I have to start all over again. Susan Orlean
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Plenty of things in the universe are old, my dear. That's like saying Florida is a metaphor for hell because they're both hot - though your grandfather would agree wholeheartedly with that, I suppose. Sammy Nickalls
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This is everything I thought I didn't want. Or didn't need. But I'm here now and it's everything I need and the only thing I want. Tamara Lush
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Have you thought about what will happen when you start living the life that's right for you, instead of the one you promised to live for someone else? Tamara Lush
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I once believed soft, warm, beautiful things could never flourish in an environment of hard concrete and cold, dark bricks. Tom Winton
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But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. Van Gogh, Beethoven, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Pink Floyd (the early Piper at the Gates of Dawn line up), scientific breakthroughs, spiritual revolution, utopian visions, zany nationalism that kills millions- wait, that’s the bad kind. Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch) . Tim Dorsey