Jimmy Buffett Quotes

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.

Work hard, play hard.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I'm really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don't.

If I'm going to play without any rest I might as well not play at all. I rest a lot but I work a lot too.

Rest is key. I need to get the right rest time and family time to stay refreshed. My downtime is for family activity. That's all about there is. I never switch off. Running my day-to-day golf business is a fairly busy one. There's a lot of moving parts and I'm trying to simplify it and make it easier.

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

Locke, whom there is no reason to suspect of being a favorer of idleness or libertinism, has advanced that whoever hopes to employ any part of his time with efficacy and vigor must allow some of it to pass with trifles.

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.

To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.

To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.

I take a hiatus every now and again, but I'm not good at that.

Just put football first, or your job first. Give everything you've got all week, work hard, work super-hard to take it to the next level every week. And when you feel like you got to the point where you want to be, you definitely need the time to go out, relax, have a good time, take all the stress off it.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.