Jimmy Buffett

“I come from the ocean with songs of the seaNo lesson for learning, just play upon meNow go make your music in lands near and farOrion protects you wherever you are”

“Under the heavens and under the sea there's a friend I don't know, who holds the right key.”

“People loved to see him come, and they were sad to see him go.”

“People," she sneered, "were not meant to be as happy as you make them."…"People were meant to be as happy as you make them.”

“I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.”

“Life is so much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.”

“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”

“When reality looks too ugly, fantasize.”

“My voyage was never a well-conceived plan, nor will it ever be. I have made it up as I went along.”

“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.”

“That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.”

“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.”

“I'm growing older, but not up.”

“When you go to the movies these days, you know they try to sell you this jumbo drink, 8 extra ounces of watered down cherry coke for an extra 25 cents. I don't want it. I don't want that much organziation in my life. I don't want other people thinking for me. I want my Junior Mints. Where did the Junior Mints go in the movies? I don't want a 12 lb. Nestle's crunch for 25 dollars. I want Junior Mints.We need more fruitcakes in this world and less bakers! We need people that care! I'm mad as hell! And I don't want to take it anymore!”

“find yourself a lover who will glue you to the floor”

“No we don't want a bucket of bloodJust a cup is all we could use”

“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.”

“Telefonun çalmıyorsa bil ki benim.”

“One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.”

“The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.”

“Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.”

“Without geography you're nowhere.”

“HOLY COW!Wrinkles only go where smiles have been.”

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

“It's not the books by Stephen King that I read,I need protection from the things in my head . . .”

“If life gives you limes make margaritas.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.”

“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.”

“Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.”

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

“Some of its magic, Some of its tragic…But I had a good life all the way”

“I know a girl made of memories and phrases, lives her whole life in chapters and phases...”

“If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”

“Life is more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.”

“1. Never forget--"they" are always the enemy.2. Just remember, assholes are born that way, and they usually don't change.3. You don't want to go to jail.4. When you start to take this job seriously, you're in trouble.5. It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.6. If you decide to run the ball, just count on fumbling and getting the shit knocked out of you a lot, but never forget how much fun it is just to be able to run the ball!”

“Some people never find itSome only pretendBut I just want to liveHappily ever after, now and then”

“Cheeseburger in paradise!”

“Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.”

“The weather is here Wish you were beautiful.”

“It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.”

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

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

“My occupational hazard is my occupation's just not around...”

“Breathe in, breathe out, move on...”

“Life was just a tire swing.'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing.Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken,And I never knew a thing about pain.Life was just a tire swing.”

“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.”

“We need more fruitcakes in this world, and less bakers!”

“Indecision may or may not be my problem.”