Jimmy Buffett Quotes
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The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.
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We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition - plowing straight ahead, come what may.
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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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Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
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Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy.
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Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come?
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If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.
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Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass people, Television preachers with bad hair and dimples, The God's honest truth is, it's not that simple
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It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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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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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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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call. Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all, you've seen it all. Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. In your belly, you hold the treasure that few have ever seen, most of them dreams, most of them dreams.
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I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
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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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It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.
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I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. My mother insisted that her children read. To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.
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The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
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The wino and I know the pain of back bustin'.
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I was hungry and went out for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.