Jimmy Buffett Quotes

I go too fast to see much, only the tops of everything. I've got to prowl slow some time through this country.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

High Alpine meadows, like their near relatives prairie, desert and certain varieties of wetland, teach us to consider the world from a fresh perspective, to open our eyes and take account of what we have missed, reminding us that, in spite of our emphasis on the visual in everyday speech, we see so very little of the world.

The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.

They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star — and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.

There was always more in the world than men could see, walked they ever so slowly; they will see it no better for going fast. The really precious things are thought and sight, not pace.

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.

I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.

Every moment is travel - if understood.

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

See into life, don't just look at it.

I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.