# Quote — Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever.

> I am a huge fan of females as a gender, but they tend to display baffling lack of enthusiasm for violent destruction. Show me a group of individuals who are spending a Sunday afternoon entertaining themselves by using explosives to blow up, say, major appliances, and I will show you a group of males.

- Author: [Dave Barry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry.md)
- Book: [Best. State. Ever.](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/best-state-ever.md)
- Page: 176
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dave_Barry#Best._State._Ever.:_A_Florida_Man_Defends_His_Homeland_(2016)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/best-state-ever/i-am-a-huge

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> In case you’re wondering how the local political establishment feels about a strip club operating in the middle of the main tourist area, here’s a fact you may find helpful: The owner of the Red Garter is Mick Rossi, who is a Key West city commissioner.

p. 214 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/best-state-ever/in-case-youre.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md)

> • Florida’s government is divided into three branches: the executive, the judicial and the criminal.

p. 43 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/best-state-ever/floridas-government-is-divided.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md)

> He is a tall, trim, sinewy man with a full beard, a deep voice and a handshake that would crush a coconut. He could be a testosterone donor.

p. 181 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/best-state-ever/he-is-a-tall.md)