Jimmy Buffett quotes

Jimmy Buffett was an American singer-songwriter, author, and businessman, celebrated for his laid-back "island escapism" lifestyle and music. His biggest hit, "Margaritaville," became a pop culture phenomenon and inspired a devoted fan following known as "Parrotheads." He blended storytelling and music with entrepreneurial ventures that made him a beloved icon. Here are 89 of his quotes:

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Jimmy Buffett

If life gives you limes make margaritas.

Jimmy Buffett

We are the people our parents warned us about.

Jimmy Buffett

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

Jimmy Buffett

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

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've learned much from both of their styles.

Jimmy Buffett

If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.

Jimmy Buffett

These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes, Nothing remains quite the same. Through all of the islands and all of the highlands, If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

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. And in your belly you hold the treasure That few have ever seen. Most of them dreams, Most of them dreams.

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

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

Jimmy Buffett

Pack your bags, we're going on a guilt trip!

Jimmy Buffett

It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read, I need protection from the things in my head...

Jimmy Buffett

Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends. If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.

Jimmy Buffett

I went down to Captain Tony's to get out of the heat When I heard a voice call out to me, "Son, come have a seat." I had to search my memory as I looked into those eyes; Our lives change like the weather but a legend never dies.

Jimmy Buffett

I blew out my flip flop, Stepped on a pop top, Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home. But there's booze in the blender, And soon it will render That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.

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Now, I don't know, I don't know where I'm a gonna go When the volcano blow.

Jimmy Buffett

Enduring echoes call out from his past. Time ain't for saving, no time's not for that. Chasing false echoes like a lost legionnaire, He waltzes on memories while he fades like a flare.

Jimmy Buffett

And now I wish I was somewhere other than here, Down in some honky tonk, sippin' on a beer. Yes, I wish I was somewhere other than here. 'Cause that great fillin' station holdup Cost me two good years.

Jimmy Buffett

Please don't say mañana if you don't mean it I have heard those words for so very long. Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it. Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being wrong.

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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.

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