Retired Quotes
259 quotes by 239 authors
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Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.
— Richard Armour
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I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half…
— Red Adair
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I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
— Javier Bardem
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The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
— Tony Benn
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When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you…
— Drew Bledsoe
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I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball…
— Omar N. Bradley
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For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did…
— Smedley Butler
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I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good stuff that it's…
— Michael Caine
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My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
— Michael Caine
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I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
— Eric Cantona
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When I thought I was retired, I wanted to travel around the world and watch soccer games.
— Drew Carey
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The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that…
— Dick Cheney
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A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What…
— Chris Christie
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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There's an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.
— Peter Drucker
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And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens take his pleasure.
— John Milton
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Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.
— Jack Nicklaus
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I think the people here in New York appreciated what I brought to the table, and they showed it when I retired by the way…
— Patrick Ewing
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One teacher recently retired with a half-million dollars after 30 years of working hard, caring, dedicating herself and totally immensing herself in the problems of…
— Milton Berle
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People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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