Retire Quotes - page 2

In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later. (Hugh Gaitskell)
The person who does not know how to put up with others should retire into himself, if indeed he can suffer even himself. View quote
Baltasar Gracián
If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign. View quote
William F. Buckley
So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this night, that if, during the almost forty years that I have had the honour of a seat in parliament, I had been so fortunate as to accomplish that, and that only, I should think I had done enough, and could retire from public life with comfort, and the conscious satisfaction, that I had done my duty. View quote
Charles James Fox
A childish feeling, I admit, but, when we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each attribute acquired by experience falls away from the soul, which becomes anew such as it was once and will surely be again. View quote
Mikhail Lermontov
I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. View quote
Lionel Messi
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience who can use whatever influence he may have to try to bring about peace, it's difficult to say no. View quote
Nelson Mandela
I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine. View quote
Kurt Cobain
The main event is freedom. I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery that I hope I get to experience. It might be a good idea to retire, since as this delusion of an economy progresses, it seems that if you make ten grand a year or a hundred grand a year, there's absolutely no difference. View quote
Nick Tosches
What about passion, dedication, loyalty? Can a robot provide those? No! On the other hand, it's easier to retire a robot when its day is done. View quote
Stanley Bing
We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats. (Stephan Pastis)
To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition. View quote
Charles Cooley
I never use that word, retire. View quote
B. B. King
When I don't look cool enough or when I cannot make good music anymore, I will retire. View quote
G-Dragon
I sit, I think, I make some drawings. As a designer, you cannot retire totally. View quote
Dieter Rams
I need to retire from retirement. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
As the baby boomers like me are retiring and getting ready to retire, they will spend whatever it takes - and theyre the wealthiest generation in our country - to make themselves live an enjoyable life in their retirement years. View quote
David Rubenstein
Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire. View quote
Alfred Molina
Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall. View quote
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition. View quote
Brenda Blethyn
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity. (Charlie Gonzalez)
Actors never retire, they just get less and less work. View quote
Desmond Llewelyn
Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing. View quote
Doug Flutie
Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why can't music be that way? My new band, we're playing stuff that's never been done before. View quote
Herbie Mann
I'd love to retire somewhere like Winchester, where you have one foot on the pavement but a sense of being in the country as well. View quote
Hugh Bonneville