James William Buffett is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, actor, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an “island escapism” lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett has recorded hit songs including “Margaritaville” (ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America’s list of “Songs of the Century”) and “Come Monday”. He has a devoted base of fans known as “Parrotheads”. This Jimmy Buffett quotes will motivate you.
Best Jimmy Buffett Quotes
- “I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends, I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “It’s those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “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.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “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.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Be yourself, be pleasant, play hard and have no regrets.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.” ~ Jimmy Buffett , Jimmy Buffett quotes about life
- “Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “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.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Fun is about as good a habit as there is.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“Some make the world go round; others watch it turn.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Some of it’s magic and some of it’s tragic but I had a good life all the way.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Shells sink, dreams float. Life’s good on our boat.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “With you, I would walk anywhere” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “later down the road of life, I made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“Only time will tell if it was time well-spent” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “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.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Breathe in, breathe out, move on.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “And there’s that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within…” ~ Jimmy Buffett Quotes
- “Wasting away again in Margaritaville, searching for my lost shaker of salt.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Indecision may or may not be my problem.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“It was too much Tequila, or not quite enough.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “My voyage was never a well-conceived plan, nor will it ever be. I have made it up as I went along.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all going to go insane.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I’d rather die while I’m living then live while I’m dead.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “There’s a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you’re on a ship that is not going to sink.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “When the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you offyou just wait in the shade until they come around again.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I’m growing older, but not up.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I’ve got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart!” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “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.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “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.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “People who think too much before they act don’t act too much.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Some people think there’s a woman to blame, but I know – it’s my own damn fault” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Whatever thrills you, anything you love to do, just say – Someday, I will.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I’m living on things that excite me, be they pastry, or lobster, or love…” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “We are the people our parents warned us about.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“There’s no ‘dumb-ass’ vaccine.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “We’re weird roman candles burning bright at both ends. At the end of the road’s where this story begins. Where the green of the gulf meets the blue of the sea. What makes it all happen is still a mystery to me. But those crazy days and those crazy ways, we never want to undo. We’ll be together, now and forever.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “The weather is here Wish you were beautiful.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Where it all ends I can’t fathom, my friends. If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Love is a wave building to a crescendo. Ride if you will, ride it with me.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “It’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“Pack your bags, we’re going on a guilt trip!” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Is it time for your medication or mine?” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don’t know and I don’t care.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “There’s a little bit of fruitcake left in every one of us.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I got a PBS mind in an MTV world.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
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“When reality looks too ugly, fantasize.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “Give me oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I’ll be fine.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I’ve always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It’s like, I don’t need an external agent to open my mind. I’m here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “I’m getting old, don’t wear underwear, and I don’t go to church.” ~ Jimmy Buffett
- “What would Pop-eye do in a tight spot like this?” ~ Jimmy Buffett