Jimmy Buffett Quotes

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.

Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, but I know it’s my own damn fault.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

It’s those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes that make all the difference.

I’ve read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I’ve learned much from both of their styles.

I’m not a poet, I’m a pirate in a poet’s disguise.

If life were easy, it wouldn’t be worth livin’.

Sing like nobody’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.

There’s nothing wrong with havin’ a good time, and there’s nothing wrong with settlin’ down.

I’ve been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks.

I’m a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king.

If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.

If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I’m self-employed. I love to work at nothing all day.

I don’t know the reason, I stayed here all season, with nothing to show but this brand new tattoo.

I’d rather be lost at sea than be bound by my own chains.

When the Coast is Clear and the Gulls are Gone, you can’t hear run of the mill crimes.

I’m just a sailor, searching for my own Isle of Misfits.

I’d rather drink a margarita in paradise than count my money in a golden cage.

It’s been a lovely cruise, I’m sorry it’s ending.

I’ve got a Caribbean soul I can barely control.

Pirate looks at forty, but his mind is still in the Caribbean sea.

Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

You had to be a big shot, didn’t you, Billy?

Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin, into the future.

If we weren’t all crazy, we would go insane.

A little bit of coffee and a whole lot of Jesus.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t handle drugs.

If it doesn’t work out, at least you’ll have a good excuse.

If you don’t like where you are, then change it; you are not a tree.

It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

Paradise is just a state of mind.

I’m growing older but not up.

I’m not a legend, I’m a legacy.

Beaches are what memories are made of.

If life is a carnival, then I want to ride all the rides.

Sail away where the wind takes you, and the sun warms your soul.

Life is a tropical state of mind.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.

Sunsets and sailboats, that’s the life for me.

When all else fails, just add more salt.

I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.

Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

Sometimes you have to get lost to find yourself.

Life is better with sand between your toes.

Life is a beach, and I’m just playing in the waves.

Good vibes only, please.

Dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening.

Don’t worry, beach happy.

Life is too short to be anything but happy.