Retired Quotes

259 Retired quotes by 230 unique authors

Throughout his life, General Wesley Clark has stood up to some tough opponents. He battled the Viet Cong, and went toe-to-toe with Slobodan Milosevic. But… — Jon Stewart
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 gone for good… — Ozzy Osbourne
If things were half as bad as some people persist in believing, I'd have retired with a bottle of Scotch and a pistol a long… — Robert Maxwell
The problems of a retired schoolteacher in Duluth are OUR problems. That the future of the child in Buffalo is OUR future. That the struggle… — Mario Cuomo
As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will always be a… — Alma Adams
I know he's retired, but I'm a big fan of Shaquille O'Neal, his game and his personality. I have a pair of his shoes in… — Wladimir Klitschko
After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect. — Tom T. Hall
The rare, delicate flavor of a life after retiring in one's sixties, whatever one has "retired" from, the pleasure I experienced beyond my job at… — Carolyn Heilbrun
Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse. — H. L. Mencken
I am Retired Leisure. I am to be met with in trim gardens. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and… — Charles Lamb
Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not from it. He… — Evelyn Underhill
I'm retired from the daredevil business. — Felix Baumgartner
Raking over the past and sifting its dust is an occupation for the idle or the elderly retired. — Armand Hammer
Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers. — Grace Napolitano
The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive… — Chance the Rapper
It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums… — Greg Rusedski
I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I did,… — Johnny Ramone
I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933. — Sally Rand
From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy. — Jackie Stewart
I'm not semi-retired, I'm just taking it easy. — Craig Washington
My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school. — Judy Woodruff
No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then… — Kate Walsh
I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a… — Mike Leigh
Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin… — Kitty Kelley
It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of… — Thom Gunn

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