Jimmy Buffett Quotes
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We are the people our parents warned us about.
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I have never cared about setting world records, or filling my boat with fish, or, for that matter, even catching fish. I go for the experience of spending six hours in the arms of the ocean, never thinking of a single thing except chasing fish.
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I don't get tired of playing "Margaritaville". It's paid my bills for years.
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Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come?
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I'm getting old, don't wear underwear, and I don't go to church.
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Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.
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It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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Love is a wave building to a crescendo. Ride if you will, ride it with me.
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If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.
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You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile
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You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
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It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here. It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.
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I have been drunk now for over two weeks.
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The weather is here Wish you were beautiful.
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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
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I'm growing older, but not up.
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I got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation when it only used to take a cent.
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Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.
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Give me oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I'll be fine.
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Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.
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It's my job to be better than the rest, and that's enough reason to go for me. It's my job to be better than the rest, and that makes the day for me.
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Is it ignorance or apathy, I forget the lessons taught to me.
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Our children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back to the Ice Age or the caves from where we first emerged. Then we'll have to view the universe above from a cold, dark place. No more jet skis, nuclear weapons, plastic crap, broken pay phones, drugs, cars, waffle irons, or television. Come to think of it, that might not be a bad idea.
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Indecision may or may not be my problem.