Retired Quotes · Page 6

To have a Beatle doing an impression of you, I almost retired at that moment.

— Ron Mael

Raking over the past and sifting its dust is an occupation for the idle or the elderly retired.

— Armand Hammer

I believe at the end of my career I'll be retired into the recurring character hall of fame.

— Andy Kindler

Old ladies in wheelchairs with blankets over their legs, I don't think so...retired mermaids.

— Milton Jones

I was not born when my father retired in 1979, but I watched footage of his games on VHS.

— Angad Bedi

When Viv Richards retired I thought it was end of entertainment. But then came Sehwag,the King of entertainment!

— Rameez Raja

I have moved on now from athletics, but it was difficult initially after I retired.

— Denise Lewis

I don't think I'm ever going to retire from stand-up, but what I have retired from is working the road every week.

— Jeff Garlin

A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll…

— Adam Levine

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more…

— Tony Snow

The right honorable gentleman [Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke] is the first of the new party who has retired into his political cave…

— John Bright

I am still in touch with my Secret Service agents, most of whom are retired now. They really get to be your…

— Susan Ford

I retired from acting the same time they stopped hiring me. But following my own thing of making these small indie movies…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

For the first three months after the U.S. Open, I had retired and nonretired in my head almost every week. And there…

— Mardy Fish

Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've…

— Pat Toomay

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who…

— Jilly Cooper

When I retired from the military, I come home. And the reason why I got into politics is, you know, I spent…

— Richard Ojeda

A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of…

— Stephen Leacock

If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language… This plan would…

— Robertson Davies

When I used to be the captain of India, many people literally hated me for being overly expressive. Once I retired, the…

— Sourav Ganguly

If I were retired I wouldn't know what to do because I'd have to think, well, now what is it I want…

— Stan Lee

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…

— Ozzy Osbourne

Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a…

— Miguel de Cervantes

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work.

— Michael Caine

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

— Frederick Busch

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.

— Scott Bakula

I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis…

— Richard Davies

I never ever gave ownership a thought. My thoughts before I retired were coaching and broadcasting.

— Steve Kerr

I learned very early that you don't get time back. I'd miss my children growing up, so that's the reason I retired.

— Shawn Michaels

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.

— Amy Goodman

The India series wasn't the only reason I retired. It was the culmination of 18 months where things had probably changed in…

— Alastair Cook

When I retired in 2002 I had retired to stay home with my family and didn't necessarily think my playing days were over.

— Darren Flutie

I haven't retired from international football - I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.

— David Beckham

I could have stayed at Southampton until I retired and finished my career there.

— Adam Lallana

See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.

— Lauryn Hill

I had no problem going into retirement mode, ... I do what other retired guys do. I putter around the house and travel.

— Drew Carey

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than…

— Robert MacNeil

My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

— Barry Hannah

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

— Bjorn Borg