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I want to give my kids enough so that they could feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing.


Warren Buffett

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HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless c...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of highly organic soil than there are people on the ...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT I was pulled out of Omaha when I was younger because my father started to work, when he was done ser...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
JIMMY BUFFETT Some people never find it, some only pretend, but I just want to live happily ever after every now a...
JIMMY BUFFETT If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.
JIMMY BUFFETT I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
JIMMY BUFFETT Never did I think that I became family entertainment.
JIMMY BUFFETT If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.
JIMMY BUFFETT If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
JIMMY BUFFETT We are the people our parents warned us about.
JIMMY BUFFETT Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
JIMMY BUFFETT Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
JIMMY BUFFETT These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like...
JIMMY BUFFETT If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.
JIMMY BUFFETT Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
JIMMY BUFFETT You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will writ...
JIMMY BUFFETT Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.
JIMMY BUFFETT If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
JIMMY BUFFETT It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
JIMMY BUFFETT Indecision may or may not be my problem.
JIMMY BUFFETT I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.
JIMMY BUFFETT I could go on for hours telling stories..but I guess youhad to be there
JIMMY BUFFETT If life gives you limes, make margaritas.
JIMMY BUFFETT I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.
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