Quote by Arthur Graham

Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, but for a long time, the distance between our two countries seemed a lot greater.

— Ben Rhodes

“Wade tried to imagine Florida before the advent of man, but couldn't. The landscape seemed too thoroughly colonized -- the trailers, factory outlets, and…

— Douglas Coupland

“Regrettably, all the people I know in Florida don't know about anything outside their great country. Plus they expect everyone to understand what they're…

— Alan Sugar

“And they looked like poor fishermen. But this was Cuba, where everyone had a second job.”

— Nelson DeMille

“They have gun control in Cuba. They have Universal Healthcare in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?”

— Paul Harvey

“The US military and the CIA got busy working on plans for the conquest of Cuba. And it would be no Mickey Mouse boat…

— Mal Peet

“To Florida -- its dreamers, its builders, its mavericks, and its scoundrels. (Sometimes all four at.)”

— Beatriz Williams

“Florida's full of old people-they don't call it God's waiting room for nothing-but precious few of em grew up here.”

— Stephen King

As long as Florida remains a swing state, Cuban exiles in Florida will remain a very powerful voting bloc.

— Joshua A. Tucker

What most impressed me about Cuba was the optimism.

— Assata Shakur

“No one could have imagined a place like Havana, Cuba. It is absurdly contradictory, always arguing with itself over whether it is audacious or…

— Ed Kirwan

“If a theme runs through the history of Florida, it is this: something's great, and someone comes along to mess it up.”

— Eliot Kleinberg