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Bucket Quotes

What actually belongs on the list, if anything.

These bucket quotes mostly circle around the bucket list, from one that keeps getting Bigger to a flat admission of not having one at all. In between sits a sharp jab at self-promotion, likening Advertising to a stick clattering inside an empty swill pail.

I have a travel bucket list that keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Quotes by Peyton List

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

George Orwell

I don't have much of a bucket list. I don't have a lot of needs and desires.

Quotes by Fred DeLuca

I don't have a bucket list.

Quotes by Austin Aries

Advertising Quotes

I want to speak Spanish fluently; that's on my bucket list.

Quotes by Angie Martinez

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the main theme running through these bucket quotes?
Most center on the bucket list specifically — some growing endlessly, others rejected outright — as a way of talking about ambition and desire.
Is there a quote about a bucket list that keeps growing?
Yes, one traveler describes a list that never stops expanding, always adding new items and getting Bigger, suggesting ambition tends to grow rather than shrink once started.
Does any quote reject having a bucket list altogether?
Yes, more than one — including a flat statement that there simply isn't a bucket list to speak of.
What does the advertising quote have to do with buckets?
It likens Advertising to a stick clattering noisily inside an empty swill pail, a vivid, unflattering image for noisy self-promotion.
Is there a quote connecting a small bucket list to contentment?
One explains having few needs and Desires, which naturally leads to a short or nonexistent bucket list rather than a long one.

A more minimalist voice explains not having much of a list because there aren't many Desires or needs left to chase. Together the quotes offer two very different relationships with ambition.