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ALABAMA ~
"Yes, we have electricity"
ALASKA ~
"We
also take American money"
ARIZONA
~
"But
It's a Dry Heat"
ARKANSAS
~
"Litterasy
Ain't Everthing"
CALIFORNIA
~
"As
Seen on TV"
COLORADO
~
"If
You Don't Ski, Don't Bother"
CONNECTICUT
~
"Like
Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less Character"
DELAWARE
~
"We
Really Do Like the Chemicals in our Water"
FLORIDA
~
"Ask
Us About Our Grandkids"
GEORGIA ~
"We Put the "Fun" in Fundamentalist Extremism"
HAWAII ~
"Haka
Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru"
(Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
IDAHO
~
"Potatoes
and Neo Nazi's ... What More
Could You Ask For?"
ILLINOIS
~
"Please
Don't Pronounce the "S"
INDIANA
~
"2
Billion Years Tidal Wave Free"
IOWA
~
"We
Do Amazing Things With Corn"
KANSAS
~
"Where
Science Don't Mean Shit"
KENTUCKY
~
"Five
Million People; Fifteen Last Names"
LOUISIANA
~
"We're
Not All Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign"
MAINE
~
"We're
Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster"
MARYLAND
~
"A
Thinking Man's Delaware"
MASSACHUSETTS
~
"Our
Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's
(For Most Tax Brackets)
MICHIGAN
~
"First
Line of Defense From the Canadians"
MINNESOTA
~
"10,000
Lakes and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes"
MISSISSIPPI
~
"Come
Feel Better About Your Own State"
MISSOURI
~
"Your
Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work"
MONTANA
~
"Land
of the Big Sky, the Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Very
Little Else"
NEBRASKA
~
"Ask
About Our State Motto Contest"
NEVADA
~
Two
words - "Hookers and Poker"
NEW
HAMPSHIRE ~
"Go
Away and Leave Us Alone"
NEW
JERSEY ~
"You
Want a Frickin' Motto? I Got Yer Frickin' Motto Right Here!"
NEW
MEXICO ~
"Lizards
Make Excellent Pets"
NEW
YORK ~
"You
Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an
Attorney..."
NORTH
CAROLINA ~
"Tobacco
is a Vegetable"
NORTH
DAKOTA ~
"We
Really are One of the 50 States!"
OHIO
~
"At
Least We're Not Michigan"
OKLAHOMA
~
"Like
the Play, only No Singing"
OREGON
~
"Spotted
Owl... It's What's For Dinner"
PENNSYLVANIA
~
"Cook
With Coal"
RHODE
ISLAND ~
"We're
Not REALLY An Island"
SOUTH
CAROLINA ~
"Remember
the Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender"
SOUTH
DAKOTA ~
"Closer
Than North Dakota"
TENNESSEE
~
"The
Educashun State"
TEXAS ~
"Si'
Hablo Ing'les"
(Yes, I speak English)
UTAH
~
"Our
Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus"
VERMONT
~
"Yep"
VIRGINIA
~
"Who
Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?"
WASHINGTON
~
"Help!
We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!"
WASHINGTON
D.C. ~
"Got
crack?"
WEST
VIRGINIA ~
"One
Big Happy Family - No, really!"
WISCONSIN
~
"Come
Cut Our Cheese"
WYOMING
~
"Where
men are men and sheep are scared"