Rejected State Mottos

  • Alabama — At Least We’re not Mississippi
  • Alaska — 11,623 Eskimos Can’t be Wrong!
  • Arizona — Dehyd-rific!
  • Arkansas — Litterasy Ain’t Everthing
  • Calfornia — As Seen on TV
  • Colorado — If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother
  • Connecticut — Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less Character
  • Florida — Ask Us About Our Grandkids
  • Georgia — We Put the “Fun” in Fundamentalist Extremism
  • Hawai — 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 — Gateway to Iowa
  • Indiana — 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
  • Iowa — Land of James T. Kirk
  • 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 — 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 — For Sale
  • 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, and Very Little Else
  • Nebraska — Ask About Our State Motto Contest
  • Nevada — Whores 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 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 — Um… We’ve got… Um… Dinosaur Bones? Yeah, Dinosaur Bones!
  • Ohio — Don’t Judge Us by Cleveland
  • 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 — Se Hablo Ingles
  • 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 Our Cheese
  • Wyoming — Wynot? Be good!