Retiring Quotes

449 Retiring quotes by 394 unique authors

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats. — Stephan Pastis
I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton woool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood… — John Steinbeck
Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with. It isn't something that you can experience by reading a book, or by… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of yourselves;… — Blaise Pascal
What will I do with myself when I retire? When I quit my job, I do not want to quit living. Can I possibly be… — John Anthony West
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
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so… — Marcus Aurelius
There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no… — Kimbra
The reason to retire is to try to avoid embarrassment; you ought to do it before people are dropping big hints. You want to be… — Garrison Keillor
Far from the richest rapper, but my biggest personal achievement thus far in my life has been retiring my mom early from her job at… — J. Cole
Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand,… — Tracy Chapman
When I do retire, I know for a fact that I'll never be able to replace the incredible feeling I get when I'm driving an… — Jenson Button
Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change. — Cliff Martinez
The great secret of success is to go through life as a person who never gets used up. That is possible for those who never… — Albert Schweitzer
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
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the speaker or… — William Francis Henry King
When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire… — Saint John Chrysostom
I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool… — Pat Morita
You can't put off being young until you retire. — Philip Larkin
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with… — George Crabbe
For a moment man is a boy, for a moment a lovesick youth, for a moment bereft of wealth, for a moment in the height… — Bhartrhari
Of course, after I retire I want to be the housewife, really. — Li Na
We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal… — Dave Obey
Actors never retire, they just get less and less work. — Desmond Llewelyn
Retire? I will never retire. — Eckhard Pfeiffer

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