Retirement Quotes - Page 2

• As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

  Anthony Trollope

  Work, Parent, Contentment

  Anthony Trollope (1983). “The Letters of Anthony Trollope”, p.691, Stanford University Press

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• Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.

  Margaret Mead

  Retiring, Sooner Or Later, Retired

  Interview in Los Angeles on the occasion of her 75th birthday as quoted in "Newsweek", Volume 88 (p. 157), December 1976.

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• Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

  Clarence Darrow

  People, Habit, Worst

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• As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Successful, Foundation

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• Great necessities call out great virtues.

  Abigail Adams

  Inspirational, Women, Character

  Letter to John Quincy Adams, 19 Jan. 1780

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• Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.

  Mason Cooley

  Days Off, Looks, Easy

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• A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

  James H. Douglas

  Jobs, Home, Mean

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• Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

  Jim Bishop

  Funny, Native American, Golf

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• As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.

  Drew Carey

  Government, Goal, Want

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie and Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1997.

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• I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.

  Martina Navratilova

  Teacher, Teaching, Thinking

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• Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  People, Merit, Worst

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• Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

  Charles Kuralt

  Teacher, Literature, Students

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• Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.

  Horace

  Horse, Laughing, Lists

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• Welfare is not a retirement plan.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Welfare, Plans

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• To retire is to begin to die.

  Pablo Casals

  Retiring, Dies

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age

  Scott Bakula

  Age, Great Things, Shows

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• A short retirement urges a sweet return.

  John Milton

  Sweet, Return, Urges

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 249

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• Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

  William Wordsworth

  Sports, Golf, Funny Retirement

  'The Prelude' (1850) bk. 4, l. 376

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• Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.

  Bill Vaughan

  Healthy, Busy, Rich

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• Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.

  George Washington

  Years, Weight, Shade

  George Washington, United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington) (1847). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America: Published in September, 1796”, p.3

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• Retirement is unthinkable to me. The future is bright and very exciting and I'm looking forward to playing a part in it.

  Hugh Hefner

  Looking Forward, Exciting, Future Is Bright

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• I believe in financial retirement. I don't necessarily believe in physical retirement.

  Jerry Doyle

  Believe, Financial, I Believe

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 25, 2002.

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• Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Home, Feet, Evening

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Poems 1”, p.371, Reprint Services Corporation

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• Retirement: statutory senility.

  Emmett O'Donnell, Jr.

  Senility

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• It [retirement] was absolutely boring. You can't go and say, 'I'm retired now. That's it!' It won't take long and you're really gone for good and someone throws the last shovel of dirt on a coffin with your name on it. That's the moment you're really retiring - when you die.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Names, Long, Coffins

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