Retiring Quotes

449 Retiring quotes by 394 unique authors

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said,… — Charles Barkley
I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention. — Hakeem Olajuwon
Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living. — Julius Boros
I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my… — Dave Barry
In the higher walks of politics the same sort of thing occurs. The statesman who has gradually concentrated all power within himself ... may have… — Bertrand Russell
Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself… — Ian Botham
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… — Nelson Mandela
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but… — Lyndon B. Johnson
There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit...retire! — Groucho Marx
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
What do gardeners do when they retire? — Bob Monkhouse
We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go to work… — Dave Allen
I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him. — Patience Jonathan
"Grandmother" doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren. — Carine Roitfeld
Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have… — John Flavel
After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that. — Bobby Bowden
I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long. — Bobby Bowden
Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice. — Will Harvey
When someone like Brian Oldfield can beat me, I will retire. — Unknown Author
When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference. — Virginia Graham
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. — R C Sherriff
Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or… — Samuel Johnson
Ride it when you retire. — Terry Bradshaw
When the hell is Warren Moon going to retire? I mean, this guy is older than the cuneiform in Nebuchadnezzar's tomb. — Dennis Miller
I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I… — Steven Morrissey

Who Wrote These Retiring Quotes

394 authors contributed a total of 449 Retiring Quotes, led by these top contributors: