Sunshine State

Sunshine State may refer to:

  • The nickname of the Australian state of Queensland
  • The nickname of the U.S. state of Florida; it also has been used for New Mexico, California, and South Dakota
  • Sunshine State (film), a 2002 film set in Florida
  • Florida's Turnpike, originally known as the Sunshine State Parkway
  • Sunshine State, a webcomic by Graham Nolan.

Famous quotes containing the words sunshine and/or state:

    “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
    —Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

    “Lead bullets flattened by human teeth have been found on the camp site. Soldiers who had been caught stealing food from nearby farms customarily chewed on a bullet as the lash was laid on their bare backs.”
    —For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)