Famous Quotes & Sayings

The profile of the institution has risen in people's minds. People now know where we are. Not only those in South Florida but people in outer markets.

Edwidge Danticat

I see the sharp inequality between how Haitian and Cuban refugees are treated in Florida. Both groups come here because their lives are equally desperate. But on arrival, the Haitians are incarcerated, and some are immediately repatriated, whereas Cubans get to stay and are eligible for citizenship.

Don Winslow

I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.

Corrine Brown

I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.

Douglas Coupland

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.

Anne Hull

Since the nineteen-fifties, rural Florida has marketed itself to Northerners and Midwesterners as an unexplored paradise of citrus and mermaids.

Donald Trump

Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, while proponents of immigration reform say the Florida Republican was quick to retreat when the going got tough.

Donald Trump

[Marco]Rubio comes out. He represents for a short period of time the people of Florida. He has got the worst attendance record in the United States Senate, doesn`t vote. He is weak on, very weak on illegal immigration, totally in favor of amnesty.

Donald Trump

Marco Rubio doesn't go to the United States Senate. I must say, if I were a United States senator, I would be so honored to be in that magnificent chamber voting for the people of Florida.

Donald Trump

Now, the people of Florida can't stand him [Marci Rubio]. He couldn't get elected dogcatcher.

Curt Weldon

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.

Daniel Tosh

My excuse for everything is that I grew up in Florida.

David Letterman

The first presidential debate was down in Florida. Residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions.

David Letterman

But down in Florida in the early voting, there were computer glitches, confusing ballots, long lines and chaos. And when President Bush heard about this, he said, 'Mission accomplished!'

Amy Tan

I like to go somewhere where I learn something I didn't know before, like the Dry Tortugas between Florida and Cuba.

I talked to my uncle in Florida on the phone and I told him I wanted to teach. He said to get into it slowly. So I got into it slowly. I read so many books, it's unreal.

I think it's a big help. I think Florida has probably gotten about all the receivers they need to get, but it will help (in other areas).

I think you're going to see more people next year following Florida all the way through. I'll probably have the same two teams (Memphis and Florida) in the championship game next year.

He moved to Florida to start a new life.

We've got to make sure we pick our guys back up and still be demanding, still be encouraging. Florida is having a great season.

We've followed the same pattern that Visit Florida showed, with regards to last fall. We were down in the fall.

Frank Beamer

We thought we had a shot at him. But it's tough to get those South Florida guys away from Miami.

Billy Donovan

Hopefully, the success we have had this year and in the past is something that kids can look at and say, Florida is very competitive nationally and inside their league.

Jim Morris

We made mistakes all day. That comes back to haunt you when you're playing a good team like Florida and you're in a one-run game. You're probably going to lose.

It is probable that Wilma will still be a major hurricane when it reaches the Florida Peninsula.

Glades Day has those old Florida values. They treat you like family.

Jack Morris

If we tag a shark out here and it shows up in the Florida Straits, that's pretty cool.

If we're smart, we can take two out of three this weekend and put a little more pressure on Florida and Greenville.

If we're prepared and we do come in big numbers to visit the U.S. and Florida in particular, I think we're going to be pretty upset with the idea that some people in Florida have deemed London an unsafe place to visit.

While Florida has been an incredible job engine, wage and income growth has been relatively soft.

Dennis Green

We like him. He has good leadership skills. You go down to Florida State and he is kind of the No. 1 guy on a team with a lot of big-time players.

We can't put enough stores in Florida right now.

We competed in Florida last year and this time we're going to Nashville (Tenn.). It should be a lot of fun.