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:

    “Gaily bedight,
    A gallant knight,
    In sunshine and in shadow,
    Had journeyed long,
    Singing a song,
    In search of Eldorado.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “Cole’s Hill was the scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the first year of the settlement. Corn was planted over their graves so that the Indians should not know how many of their number had perished.”
    —For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)