(903 quotes found)
“Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it”
Charles de Saint-Evremond
“There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.”
Robert Half
“Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.”
Bernard M. Baruch
“Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick
“I had no problem going into retirement mode, ... I do what other retired guys do. I putter around the house and travel.”
Drew Carey
“Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.”
Dwight L. Moody
“Smart tyrants retire rich”
Voltaire
“I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.”
“The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?”
Woody Hayes