307 Quotes by Jimmy Buffett

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    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.

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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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    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...

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

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    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.

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    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.

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