Jimmy Buffett Quotes
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Nobody else cares about you at the beginning of your career except you-and, of course, your mother. Your mother is there because that is what mothers do.
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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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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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Mirror that lies, mirror that lies, that can't be me in the gorilla disguise.
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Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.
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This imitation Elvis may not be the king, but baby I'm the next best thing.
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Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.
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Wasting away again in Margaritaville, searching for my lost shaker of salt.
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The cheating was sweet, but my heart is beat. Don't tear it apart, please by-pass this heart.
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I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer job as long as I can. But it's exciting to be able to have the opportunity to do things I always dreamed of as a kid.
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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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I ain't no drinking man, but temptation got the best of me.
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When they tried to draft me, I earned a college degree.
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Under the heavens and under the sea there's a friend I don't know, who holds the right key.
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That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.
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As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.
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Found a shaman in a diaper with a poppy pot. When I asked if he was cold, he said just think hot.
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Today there are two Madonnas, our lady of Fatima over here and that woman from Michigan.
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I got a PBS mind in an MTV world.
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Back to my childhood where those monsters reside. They snack on innocence and dine on self esteem.
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These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.
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It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it
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My only contact with the outside world was an RCA Victrola, and Elvis would sing, and then I'd dream about expensive cars.
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He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his own.