Florida Quotes - Page 3

• Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.

  Wes Montgomery

  Night, Men, Kansas

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• Remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that Alligator biting that woman's bottom? That's right, we all thought it was hilarious. But, it turns out we were wrong. That alligator was sexually harassing that woman.

  Homer

  Grandpa, Biting, Remember

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• Able Danger consisted of approximately 20 direct individuals working for Special Forces in Tampa, Florida. The total amount of people working for Able Danger was 20.

  Curt Weldon

  People, Special, Able

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• Tell me about yourself." "Myself?" He looks confused. "Yes," I say, patting the mattress. "You know all there is to know," he says, sitting beside me. "Not true," I say. "Where were you born? What's your favourite season? Anything." "Here. Florida," he says. "I remember a woman in a red dress with curly brown hair. Maybe she was my mother, I'm not sure. And summer. What about you?" The last part is said with a smile. He smiles so infrequently that I consider each one a trophy.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Summer, Mother, Confused

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• I think one of the most important differences between us is that you are excellent at living in a way that is commensurate with your values, whereas I am not. For instance, I didn’t recycle until I watched An Inconvenient Truth and I’m still sort of iffy on it. And also, I didn’t vote in 2000, even though I could have voted in Florida *hits self on head repeatedly* Ahh George Bush! It’s all my fault! God! So stupid! *sigh* Let’s change the subject. Also, we have vastly different happy dances.

  John Green

  Stupid, Thinking, Self

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• I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me.

  Stan Lee

  Girl, Thinking, Ideas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Party, Nails

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.

  Mandy Moore

  Musical, Singing, Theatre

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• I ran my first marathon in Florida in 1985. I had never run more than nine miles.

  Kim Alexis

  Running, Nine, Firsts

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• With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Opportunity, Land, People

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• I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I've never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can't wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job.

  Marco Rubio

  Jobs, Government, Years

  "Sen. Rubio: 'We Don't Need New Taxes, We Need New Taxpayers'". www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.

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• California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it.

  Eric Ripert

  Winter, Weather, California

  "Q & A With Eric Ripert: His New Book, More Fun With PBS + Le Bernardin's Numbers". LA Weekly Interview, www.laweekly.com. January 14, 2011.

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• Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.

  Paula Poundstone

  Home, Cat, Two

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• I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine.

  Vanilla Ice

  Real, Gold, Mortgage

  "Is this it?". Interview with Alex Rayner, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2007.

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• I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. Ice Ice Baby is about that area.

  Vanilla Ice

  Baby, Texas, Ice

  "Is this it?". Interview with Alex Rayner, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2007.

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• In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels. Some are almost done. Some I'm rewriting. If I'm working with a co-writer, they'll usually write the first draft. And then I write subsequent drafts.

  James Patterson

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• And the main thing was that I wanted to live in south Florida. That's why I left the Cowboys; to live in south Florida.

  Jimmy Johnson

  Cowboy, Wanted, South

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• Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

  James Lovelock

  Long, Gone, Whole

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• If we don't act, drilling will be allowed only 3 miles off Florida's east coast beaches.

  Ric Keller

  Beach, East, Miles

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• Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Believe, Government

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• Woo!" Emmett suddenly boomed in his deep bass. "Go Gators!" Jacob and Charlie jumped. The rest of us froze. Charlie recovered, then looked at Emmett over his shoulder. "Florida winning?" "Just scored the first touchdown," Emmett confirmed. He shot a look in my direction, wagging his eyebrows like a villain in vaudville. "'Bout time somebody scored around here.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Winning, Eyebrows, Looks

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• The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent.

  Allen West

  Mean, House, Six

  "West clarifies controversial 'get the hell out' message to Democrats". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 31, 2012.

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• I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

  Sidney Poitier

  Racism

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• Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.

  Henry Winkler

  Play, Fish Tanks, Bass

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• I'll give you a great example of an issue that no one brought up during this Florida primary, the fact that we're going to have a Chinese made oil rig put in place about 60 miles off the coast of Florida.

  Allen West

  Oil, Issues, Giving

  "West clarifies controversial 'get the hell out' message to Democrats". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 31, 2012.

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