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Quotes About Tampa

South Tampa is the polyp of land that dangles into Tampa Bay like a uvula.
~ Tim Dorsey
Tampa's Latin quarter, Ybor City. Ybor had been the Cuban-Italian core when Tampa was "Cigar City USA.
~ Tim Dorsey
Tampa: Visit again soon: Almost got our shit together.
~ Tim Dorsey
What gripes me the most is all the garbage they give us Cubans. All of that 'Oh my God, we're being overrun by rafters!' Hell, we've worked hard to help build Key West and Tampa and Miami," said Serge. "Forget the Marielitos. What about the Ohio-litos?!
~ Tim Dorsey
During the investigation, he tried a brief defense of his medical practice on the grounds that he had once assisted a vivisectionist in Tampa, Florida; and when this failed, he settled down to sullen grumbling about the Jews, earthly vanity, and quoted bits from Ecclesiastes, Alfonso Liguori, and Pope Pius IX, in answer to any accusatory question.
~ William Gaddis
Me coming to Tampa made perfect sense. I felt like they had all the keys I needed and vice versa. I can help the team out and also they can help me.
~ Leonard Fournette
in 1955 the CIA released the whooping cough virus over Tampa, Florida without telling anyone, so they could see how quickly it would spread; they got their data, and twelve innocent civilians died.
~ Jack Goldstein
In another experiment in 1955, the CIA released the whooping cough virus over Tampa, Florida without telling anyone, so they could see how quickly it would spread; they got their data, and twelve innocent civilians died.
~ Jack Goldstein
This is Tez Jones," I said. "He's a police detective from Tampa." "Oh, my," said Martha, blinking up at him. "Is something wrong?" "Nope," said Tez, grinning at her and offering a saucy wink. "I'm just the boyfriend." "Well, then." She sized him up, and nodded."It's about time Elizabeth found someone who deserved her." "I worship at her dainty feet.
~ Michele Bardsley