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“Patriotic to the point of arrogance, quick to take offense at any seeming slight of his beloved country and government”
― The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
― The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
“To me this sums up life in Florida: surrounded by dangerous beauty, in way over our heads, pulled along by powerful forces, desperately grabbing for any lifeline.”
― Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
― Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
“I interviewed Buffalo Snot Lady, who showed the spirit of a true Floridian. The whole time smelly beasts were painting her with mucus, she said, her one thought was, “I am going to die today, but isn’t this awesome?”
― Oh, Florida!: Inside America's Strangest State and How It's Shaping the Country
― Oh, Florida!: Inside America's Strangest State and How It's Shaping the Country
“When big news happens in other states, people say, 'Oh my goodness!' or 'What the-?"
But we Floridians will scan a story or click over to CNN or Fox and mutter to ourselves, 'Okay, where's the Florida connection?'
We do this because we know that any big story is likely to have a link to America's strangest state. A guy lands a gyrocopter at the Capitol to protest campaign finance laws? He's a Floridian. A Major League Baseball doping scandal? The clinic was in Florida. The 9/11 hijackers got their flight training here. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, President George W. Bush was reading a story about a heroic goat to Florida schoolchildren. Who gave special prosecutor Ken Starr permission to dig into President Bill Clinton's affair with an intern? Attorney General Janet Reno, a Florida native. Remember the 1972 Watergate break-in that brought down Richard Nixon? Guess where the burglars were from.”
― Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
But we Floridians will scan a story or click over to CNN or Fox and mutter to ourselves, 'Okay, where's the Florida connection?'
We do this because we know that any big story is likely to have a link to America's strangest state. A guy lands a gyrocopter at the Capitol to protest campaign finance laws? He's a Floridian. A Major League Baseball doping scandal? The clinic was in Florida. The 9/11 hijackers got their flight training here. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, President George W. Bush was reading a story about a heroic goat to Florida schoolchildren. Who gave special prosecutor Ken Starr permission to dig into President Bill Clinton's affair with an intern? Attorney General Janet Reno, a Florida native. Remember the 1972 Watergate break-in that brought down Richard Nixon? Guess where the burglars were from.”
― Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
“the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland are ten buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the most of the master’s work collected in one spot. Architects rave about Miami Beach’s iconic Fontainebleau Hotel with its famous curve, the palm-in-the-hole Atlantis condo in Miami, and the tin-roof cool of the Panhandle town of Seaside.”
― Oh, Florida!: Inside America's Strangest State and How It's Shaping the Country
― Oh, Florida!: Inside America's Strangest State and How It's Shaping the Country
