RETIREMENT QUOTES
quotations about retirement
Retirement, it seems, is the final fling. The love boat, the trip-around-the-world.
CARL H. KLAUS
Taking Retirement
Retirement is when you stop living at work and start working at living.
ANONYMOUS
Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.
MALCOLM FORBES
Forbes, Volume 137, 1986
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
GEORGE BURNS
attributed, The Ultimate Book of Quotations
Retirement from business is a mistake in those who have not occupation to retire to, as well as from.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
For many people looking to retire, they've been in the workforce for 30, 40, or maybe even 50 years. During that time, they've received paychecks and have saved a portion of that pay for retirement. For their entire adult life, they've been practicing a very successful habit -- saving! Now, for the first time -- maybe ever -- retirement calls for them to spend their savings. We're breaking what we've always known to be a good habit and that is scary! We aren't supposed to spend our money; we've wired ourselves to save.
KEN SUTHERLAND & ALEX SUTHERLAND
"Making the 'Great Transition' into retirement is a scary time for seniors", New York Daily News, January 27, 2016
I want to take retirement rather than feel as if it's taking me unawares. Maybe even seize it joyously. But at least behold it without looking back so longingly that I turn into a pillar of regret.
CARL H. KLAUS
Taking Retirement
Retirement only means that it is time for a new adventure.
ANONYMOUS
I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.
ANDY ROONEY
Larry King Live, June 5, 2002
People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach "retirement" age seem very admirable to me.
HELEN HAYES
My Life in Three Acts
Having purpose and vision during retirement is one of the most important determinants of mental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being in later life.
HAROLD G. KOENIG
Purpose and Power in Retirement
When you retire, you switch bosses from the one who hired you to the one who married you.
GENE PERRET
attributed, Reboot!: What to Do when Your Career is Over But Your Life Isn't
During retirement, many a man works harder at loafing than he used to loaf at working.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Retirement life is seven day weekends.
ANONYMOUS
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
ABE LEMONS
attributed, Funny Things Happen in the Press Room
Retirement is the is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.
ERNIE J. ZELINSKI
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
Retirement is like a long vacation in Vegas. The goal is to enjoy these years to the fullest, but not so fully that you run out of money.
JONATHAN CLEMENTS
"Playing the Right Cards for a Long Retirement", Wall Street Journal, November 1999
But when the love of our lives has passed away
And our hair has turned silver or blue or gray
Don't forget I'll be calling you
Don't forget we have things to do
Buy us a condo in retirement land
Wear polyester and start up a band
Be every virile older man's savior
Embarrass our kids with imprudent behavior
And maybe realize our dreams...
You and me, girl, we'll be the Shuffleboard Queens
DEIRDRE FLINT
"The Shuffleboard Queens"
I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave.
HUGH HEFNER
interview, Nightline, July 22, 2010
Retirement don't fit in my plans
You can keep your seat I'm a gonna stand
An Eskimo needs a Fridgedaire
Like I need your rockin' chair
GEORGE JONES
"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"