| Fun Mottos | Official Motto | Nicknames |
| Alabama: At Least We're not Mississippi Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong! 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: More Than Just Potatoes... We've also got sheep! Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S" Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names Louisiana:We're Not All Drunk Cajun Wackos, That's just Our Tourism Campaign.. ya'll come, hear? 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 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. Watch yourself! Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest Nevada: Clean women and Hot Poker... wait... reverse that New Hampshire: Go Away and Leave Us Alone New Jersey: Ya Wanna ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! 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 (cough) North Dakota: We Really are One of the 50 States! Ohio: We Wash Daily Oklahoma: Like the Play, but No Singing Oregon: Out of TP? Wipe your butt with an owl! Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal... please Rhode Island: No, We're Not REALLY An Island South Carolina: Remember the Civil War? Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota... and much warmer! 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: E-mail for Help! We're Overrun By Nerds! Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor? West Virginia: One Big Happy Family-Really! Wisconsin: Eat Cheese.. or Die Wyoming: No, we don't do strange things with antelope! (Can't catch the speedy bastards!) | For a complete list including translations and state songs refer to: http://www.cco.net/~paz/motto&songs.htm | For the nicknames that you can also see on license plates quite often, refer to: http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname1.htm |