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Quotes About Retirement

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.
~ Deion Sanders
I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.
~ Stephen Baker
Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it - and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape That's retirement.
~ Stephen Butler Leacock
Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? You hadn't realized it. And you notice that the sun has set already, the day gone before you knew it — and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape. That's retirement.
~ Stephen Leacock
In retirement at Monticello, Jefferson again had ample time for hunting, and he was a true sportsman. His servant Isaac recalled: Mr. Jefferson used to hunt squirrels and partridges; kept five or six guns. Oftentimes carred Isaac wid him. Old Master wouldn't shoot partridges settin'. Said "he wouldn't take advantage of 'em"—would give 'em a chance for thar life. Wouldn't shoot a hare settin', nuther; skeer him up fust.
~ Stephen P. Halbrook
Silver surfers ... nah, that's old hat. Retire a gold surfer with Cosmic Ordering.
~ Stephen Richards
I have no plans to rock myself to sleep in my bath chair yet.
~ Bruce Forsyth
And I probably had three seasons when I was on the slide, and I kind of fell out of love with football, and that was it, so I retired.
~ Rickie Lambert
I might feel a little bit empty, and it might get to me for a short time, but I'm hoping to keep my association with football and with broadcasting - I'm not retiring from everything; I'm retiring from the BBC. I'm certainly not going pipe and slippers.
~ John Motson
I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
~ Javier Bardem
Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.
~ Ben Bernanke
I can retire from football with a smile on my face.
~ John Matuszak
No state income tax, no snow, lots of golf courses, and ready-made gated communities make Florida an irresistible place for seniors - the ones who have the income level - to retire.
~ W. Kamau Bell
We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.
~ Chris Chocola
You have the burning desire as a successful sportsperson and that needs to go somewhere when you finish. It is a problem so many people have when their careers end and I was no different.
~ Denise Lewis
I feel autobiographies should be written when you're retiring and there's so much to talk about as you've been working for so many years then. It becomes more interesting and there's more material to go in the autobiography.
~ Asha Parekh
When you've been at the top of the sport for so many years, it's your life, and it becomes very difficult just to quit boxing and find something else to be happy.
~ Joe Calzaghe
My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement.
~ Maurice Strong
I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.
~ Sally Pearson
I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.
~ Suze Orman
Our natural and happiest life is when we lose ourselves in the exquisite absorption of home, the delicious retirement of dependent love.
~ Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Now that I've reached the ripe old age of retirement, I feel it my duty to teach you everything I've learnt about love, so listen closely. Love is like… That's as far as I've gotten I'm afraid.
~ Ben Mitchell
They must constantly negotiate among their own moral and spiritual instincts, the interests of their institutions, their personal concerns about their own salaries and retirement accounts, and professional and social status. In short, they must master the art of ethical compromise as a matter of vocational survival
~ Brian D. McLaren