Retiring Young Quotes

One of the great reasons, I am sure, why [David O.] McKay has lived to such a good, ripe, and vigorous old age has been the fact that as a young man he developed habits of retiring to bed early, arising early, generally before sun up, when his mind was clear and his body vigorous, to do the day's work. ~ Ernest L. Wilkinson

We retire too early and we die too young, our prime of life should be in the 70's and old age should not come until we are almost 100. ~ Joseph Pilates

Don't act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been. ~ John Anthony West

The need for social interaction ... is very much a part of why women shop. All our interviewees commented at some point that social interaction was part of the shopping experience. Many people now live alone in 'dormitory' suburbs, are often working from home or in isolated jobs, may be home with young children or part of the aging population of retiring baby boomers. All these groups need social connection, and shopping strips and malls provide many opportunities for reliable, safe and interesting social connections. ~ Stella Minahan, Michael Beverland

Portland is where young people go to retire. ~ Fred Armisen

I feel the time is right, I want to spend more time with my young family and concentrate fully on my career [on retiring from international football at age 30 ~ Robbie Savage

The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage. ~ Paul Ryan

You can't put off being young until you retire. ~ Philip Larkin

I can honestly say that retiring will put years on his career. ~ Don Howe

Senator Chris Dodd unveiled his plan to reduce corruption in the Senate. He's retiring. ~ Jay Leno

When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring. ~ Johnny Weissmuller

I'm retiring because my time is up. ~ Dave Hickey

Retiring from the popular noise, I seek
This unfrequented place to find some ease. ~ John Milton

I'm not retiring. ~ Mel Tillis

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all. ~ Paul McCartney

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing. ~ Andy Rooney

Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do. ~ Aaron Peirsol

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring. ~ Carolina Herrera

I don't know why people thought I was retiring. ~ Billy Joel

When I was younger, I thought about retiring. ~ Tanya Tucker

I wouldn't know what to do retiring. So I have no plans to retire. ~ Ronald Meyer

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history. ~ Keith Richards

I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be. ~ Bob Newhart

Quite truthfully, I have no idea how much the pension is worth because I have never contemplated retiring. ~ Anne McLellan

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life. ~ Jim Crace

I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things. ~ Yohji Yamamoto

Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed. ~ Iris Murdoch

I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it. ~ Mos Def

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make. ~ Gabriela Sabatini

A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit. ~ Wavy Gravy

The only reason I ever thought about retiring from the front part of the camera as opposed to the back is sometimes you think, "How many roles are there for someone my age?" ~ Clint Eastwood

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. ~ Elaine Stritch

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play. ~ Drew Bledsoe

As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything. ~ Marla Gibbs

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done. ~ Michael Phelps

I was dancing on Broadway for many years. Then everyone was either getting injured or retiring, and I was dancing with younger dancers. ~ Wendy Whelan

Every morning when I wake up, I make up my mind to solve as many problems, before retiring home ~ Aliko Dangote

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often. ~ Marianne Faithfull

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. ~ Shawn Johnson

I was with Shaq at his home the day he retired. It was innovative for him to become the media and announce via social media that he was retiring. ~ Amy Jo Martin

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits. ~ Chris Chocola

Make a list of your current wants and desires. Next to each, put down what benefit or payoff there would be when you achieve it. Look at this list often throughout the day and before retiring at night. ~ Denis Waitley

People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother. ~ Gail Devers

I can see myself retiring from rapping, but I don't think from music. After that, I think I'd just go into some other kind of music, 'cuz I'm a worldwide fan of music, all types of music, all cultures, so I'll always be involved. ~ Redman

I think that retiring the baby boomers is going to be one of the great challenges in America, that you cannot make fiscal sense out of the future of our children without taking on entitlements. ~ Richard Lamm

The thing you want to be able to do is to be well-liked when you retire. I know right now I'm not close to retiring, and I'm not close to being liked. ~ Kyle Busch

In a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman, a retiring, gracious, emotional, intuitive, attractive consumer of goods. ~ Toni Cade Bambara

I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. ~ Helena Bonham Carter

I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my career. But for those four hours on Sunday, you can be free and just let it all go. Retiring had nothing to do with football; it had to do with my family. ~ Randy Moss

Why retire from something if you're loving it so much and enjoying it so much, and you're blessed with another group of people to work with like the gang on 'Hot in Cleveland?' Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself? ~ Betty White

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 and someone throws the last shovel of dirt on a coffin with your name on it. That's the moment you're really retiring - when you die. ~ Ozzy Osbourne

I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the same direction everybody else's was. And that life was going to be very, very complicated. And that I could either be provocative and declamatory, or shy, retiring and scared. ~ Dorothy Allison

That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there? ~ Victor Borge

If feeling anxious about anything Dr Bachs night time rescue remedy is great. Sometimes a bath before bed helps. Burning Lavender or Clary Sage in the room before retiring. Try not to work on my computer very late and then bed straight after. Getting enough exercise definitely helps sleep. ~ Rachel Ryan

Retirement is a very subjective thing. There are guys I know who retire and they're very happy and they never miss work at all. I can't see myself retiring and fondling a dog every day. I like to get up and work and go out. I have too much energy or too much nervous anxiety or something. So I don't see myself retiring. Maybe I will suddenly get a stroke or a heart attack and I will be forced to retire, but if my health holds out I don't expect to retire. ~ Woody Allen

I keep thinking how young can you die from old age ~ Drake

retiring with the officer's equivalent of a general ~ Jack Shane

To retire is the beginning of death. ~ Pablo Casals

I am a retiring, silent, unsociable, and discontent person. ~ Franz Kafka

It's always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesn't think he already is. ~ Hillary Clinton

Read the lyrics to N. Young's Harvest Moon and you'll know. ~ N. Young

Ungentlemanliness?" he teased. "I dare you to say that five times fast. ~ Samantha Young

When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference. ~ Kin Hubbard

The REAL American Dream is not about a garage full of new cars, winning the lottery, or retiring to a life of ease in Florida. It's about doing work that has meaning, work that makes a difference, and doing that work with people you care about. ~ Joe Tye

Relentless enthusiasm keeps us young. ~ Debasish Mridha

Abuse doesn't define you. ~ C. Kennedy

I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me. ~ Maggie Young

Let's start the next chapter, baby. ~ Samantha Young

Hoddies are pants for your arms! ~ Adam Young

Affairs began, drama spread, and traditional, good-old-boy camaraderie was tainted by the temptresses who represented the inconvenience of feminism. ~ Maggie Young

I was young and stupid then. Now I'm not young anymore. ~ Jyrki Lumme

The Freaks are coming. ~ J.O. Young

Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with. ~ Frank Crowninshield

How was it possible to miss someone when they were standing right next to you? ~ Samantha Young

To a young heart everything is fun. ~ Charles Dickens

When you're very young, images that you upload into your very young mind tend to stay with you. ~ Henry Rollins

He's not yet realized that by giving away nothing but barefaced lies he's come to wither and rot inside. But she's still looking for him into the void of his cold heart. ~ Llarjme

Emotionally intelligent people think before they speak and exercise discretion. ~ Susan C. Young

She was young the way an actual young person is young. ~ Nell Zink

But what has happened is that emotional evolution has not caught up with our economics. We are still haunted by the outdated myth that women need men. ~ Maggie Young

Emotionally intelligent people hold themselves accountable for their behavior, failures, decisions, and successes. ~ Susan C. Young

The deeper into this chapter in my life I get, the fainter the hum of crucifixion becomes. ~ Maggie Young

It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools. ~ Brigham Young

We were sexual targets, marked as eternal sluts for exploring the desires only acceptable in men. ~ Maggie Young

I'm moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasn't clear. If people think you're leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where they're coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope I'm just moving on right now. ~ Regis Philbin

Prime yourself for success and demonstrate to others that you are diligent, reliable, and trustworthy. ~ Susan C. Young

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. ~ George Dennison Prentice

Love makes those young whom age doth chill, and whom he finds young keeps young still. ~ William Cartwright

Emotionally intelligent people have an ability to manage stress as it happens and remain calm through chaos. ~ Susan C. Young

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop. ~ Buddy Guy

My fellow nerds and I will retire to the nerdery with our calculators. ~ David Spade

It's been a pleasure pleasing you. ~ T.S. Pettibone

Ride it when you retire. ~ Terry Bradshaw

He fought his inner wuss and groaned, Fine. Bait me up and show me the hook. ~ Samantha Young

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent. ~ Young Buck

Turning Hope into Possibilities ~ Carlton Young

Learn to leverage the Law of Cause and Effect to your advantage in positive ways! ~ Susan C. Young

Give yourself and others the gift of your brilliance to deliver a more compelling and memorable presentation. ~ Susan C. Young

They [soldiers WWII] were so young, so very young. A whole generation of young men died, leaving a whole generation of young women to weep. ~ Jennifer Worth

The way a young man spends his evenings is a part of that thin area between success and failure. ~ Robert R. Young