American State Mottos_英语历史文化
alabama: yes, we have electricity
alaska: 11,623 eskimos can't be wrong!
arizona: but it's a dry heat
arkansas: literacy ain't everything
california: by 30, our women have more plastic than your honda
colorado: if you don't ski, don't bother
connecticut: like massachusetts, only the kennedy's don't own it yet
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... well okay, we're not, but the potatoes sure are real good
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, but that's our tourism campaign
maine: we're really cold, but we have cheap lobster
maryland: if you can dream it, we can tax it
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 mosquitoes
mississippi: come and 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: hookers and poker!
new hampshire: go away and leave us alone
new jersey: you want a ##$%##! motto? i got yer ##$%##! motto right here!
new mexico: lizards make excellent
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.: wanna be mayor?
west virginia: one big happy family... really!
wisconsin: come cut the cheese
wyoming: where men are men... and the sheep are scared!