Florida is an interesting state and these Florida quotes really sum it up! They are a little all over the map, mentioning the state’s beauty and weirdness at the same time.

These quotes will make great captions for your vacation photos on Instagram or your essay about the Sunshine State.

As far as vacations go Florida, which is the home of Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando, offers other entertainment venues too! If you haven’t ever been to Medieval Times, then make sure you add that to your vacation itinerary.

There are many other things you can do, like gamble at the Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa, or check out the Latin nightlife at Ybor City. If none of those things sound exciting, then you can spend your day lounging on a towel at the beach.

These Florida Quotes about the weather and Miami might also be useful in your vacation planning. However, if your interest in the state of Florida is more academic, then keep reading through them for some interesting facts about the flattest state in the United States.

Don’t forget to also check out these Texas quotes about the lone star state.

Florida quotes for Instagram

1. “Florida is the world’s greatest amusement park.” — Budd Schulberg

2. “It’s always sunny in the Sunshine State. Except for at night.” — Jarod Kintz

3. “Florida is a place for innovation, for prosperity, for pioneering.” — Hendrith Vanlon Smith, Jr.

4. “Gone to Florida, be back never.” — Unknown

5. “Some call it Florida, I call it heaven.” — Unknown

6. “My love for you is like a Florida sunset.” — Jarod Kintz

7. “In Florida, we salt margaritas, not sidewalks.” — Unknown

8. “Florida is a very healing place.” — Burt Reynolds

9. “Florida isn’t so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found.” — Douglas Coupland

10. “I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.” — Rick Scott

Funny Florida quotes

11. “I like Florida. Everything is in the ’80s. The temperatures, the ages, and the IQs.” — George Carlin

12. “My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that’s the law.” — Jerry Seinfeld

13. “It’s Florida. Hair is just an extra sweater I’m forced to wear.” — Emma Gonzalez

14. “I live in Florida and people are crazy here. And I say that lovingly.” — Amy Simetz

15. “August in Florida is God’s way of reminding us who’s in charge.” — Blaize Clement

16. “Sometimes I think I’ve figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida.” ― Susan Orlean

17. “To Florida—it’s dreamers, it’s builders, it’s mavericks, and it’s scoundrels. (Sometimes all four at once.)” — Beatrix Williams

18. “I happen to know that Florida is now working on something that could revolutionize its real estate market. It’s an alligator that eats crabgrass.” — Robert Orben

19. “Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.” — Tom Feeney

20. “There is only one problem in taking a winter vacation in Florida. You spend two weeks getting a deep, rich, golden tan — then they hand you the bill and you’re pale again.” — Robert Orben

Florida quotes about Miami

21. “Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.” — Tom Wolfe

22. “Miami drivers will attempt to pass you inside a car wash.” — Dave Barry

23. “Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.” — Lenny Bruce

24. “My favorite city is Miami. It’s very fresh, and the beach is sunny.” — Liu Wen

25. “In Miami, there’s a Latin flavor, and I just love every bit of it.” — Ryan Guzman

26. “Anytime I get down to Miami, it’s a wonderful thing.” — Bill Goldberg

27. “I love Miami: great town, always loved it, a great place to play basketball.” — Chris Bosh

28. “What’s special about Miami is the collision of cultures. And the white sand beaches and fantastic restaurants.” — Jeffrey Dean Morgan

29. “Miami is one of these places when diversity is in our blood, where, you know, if you want to go have a Nicaraguan breakfast, a Cuban lunch, and an American dinner, you do.” — Ana Navarro

30. “Miami Beach is a completely interesting hybrid because it is, on the one hand, a resort and, on the other hand, a real city. This condition of city and water on two sides I think really amazing.” — Rem Koolhaas

31. “The thing that’s really cool for me about Miami Beach is you have this dichotomy between sunlight and family and happiness and innocence and then at night, darker, stranger mob stuff sort of comes out. It seems like a storytelling engine.” — Mitch Glazer

32. “One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach—of course—and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.” — Oksana Baiul

Florida quotes about the weather and winter

33. “I am a Florida guy. I don’t do cold.” — J. R. Ramirez

34. “Florida tends to be one of those places that people like to play in the winter.” — Gary Bongiovanni

35. “I hear it’s hot in Florida. And it’s raining here tonight. But the sun’s gonna shine tomorrow. And I’m gonna do alright.” — Elton John

36. “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

37. “Florida is the only state in the union where zombie-like face eating is a legitimate concern, and where a category-four hurricane is considered a mild weather condition.” — Unknown

38. “No winter coats in Florida, no boots, no chains, no salt, no plows, and shovels. In the balmy state of Florida, fruits fell in the meanest yard.” — Christine Schutt

39. “They call Florida the “Sunshine State”, which is funny because in the twelve years I lived here, it was only sunny for like twenty minutes—when the eye of the hurricane passed over my house.” — Seth Lyon

40. “That’s one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there’s more jealousy in Switzerland because it’s so little and they don’t have so many athletes.” — Martina Hingis

Florida quotes about the beautiful state

41. “Florida means land of flowers, not land of ugly.” — Bill Jonson

42. “There are characteristics of central Florida you don’t see anywhere else. It’s quite beautiful.” — Sean Baker

43. “Florida is a strange place: hot, beautiful, ugly. I love it here, and how nothing makes sense but still, somehow, there is a rhythm.” — Roxane Gay

44. “The state with the prettiest name, the state that floats in brackish water, held together by mangrove roots.” — Elizabeth Bishop

45. “Florida… does beguile and gratify me—giving me my first and last (evidently) sense of the tropics, or a peu pres, the subtropics, and revealing to me blandness in nature of which I had no idea.” — Henry James

46. “The Florida sun seems not much a single thing overhead but a set of klieg lights that pursue you everywhere with an even white illumination.” — John Updike

47. “I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It’s a weird place, it’s surreal. It’s so close, but you feel like you’re in another world or on an island.” — Jemima Kirke

48. “The miracle of the light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the everglades of Florida. It is a river of grass.” — Marjorie Stoneman Douglas

49. “Florida is a golden word… The very name Florida carried the message of warmth and ease and comfort. It was irresistible.” — John Steinbeck

50. “The Florida skies are like no other, with cloud formations that are awesome! Even when it rains, the sun shines through the drops.” — Connie Letang

What did you learn from these Florida quotes?

Florida earns the title of “flattest state in the union” because it has the lowest high point, which tops 345 feet. To put this in perspective, Denali, which is the highest point in Alaska, reaches 20,310 feet.

Florida might not be an overly large state in terms of area, but with a population of over 21 million, is the third-most populous state. It has the longest coastline (1,197 statute miles) in the contiguous United States, with 825 miles of accessible beaches. It’s also the only state that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

One other interesting fact about Florida is that there are no dinosaur fossils there! This is because when dinosaurs roamed the earth, Florida was completely underwater.

Whether you are looking to explore some beaches, go to amusements parks, or just enjoy some orange juice, Florida is the place to be.

Did you know Florida produces 75% of the nation’s oranges? What are some other fun facts about Florida? You can let us know in the comment section below.

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