44 quotes found
“I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.”
“Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.”
“You can't put off being young until you retire.”
“When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces. Women just go right on cooking.”
“Retirement: statutory senility.”
“Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.”
“Absence of occupation is not rest A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.”
“Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire.”
“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.”
“Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.”
“Dismiss the old horse in good time lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.”
“I try to learn one new thing a week to balance the one thing I forget a week but lately I forget three things a week.”
“The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work stretch out in the sun and scratch himself.”
“When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance his colleagues generally present him with a watch.”
“The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.”
“Retirement: Twice as much husband half as much pay.”
“Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.”
“Retirement must be wonderful. I mean you can suck in your stomach for only so long.”
“Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants.”
“Since our boss will be retiring soon it's been suggested that we give him a little momentum.”
