Retiring Quotes

Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.

Happy is she that from the world retires, and carries with her what the world admires.

The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.

I am a retiring, silent, unsociable, and discontent person.

Comics just don't retire. They either die young or they go to 100.

Introverts listen better, they assess risks more carefully, they can be wiser managers. It's not for nothing that the Silicon Valley billionaires are so often the retiring types.

I'll never retire. I like what I'm doing.

I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.

I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

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

As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring.

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.

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there. [Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.]

I’ll never retire as long as I live—that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own.

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

I don't intend to retire.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

I’ve decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully – in about 200 years’ time.

Do I wish I could retire? Sure, but that's not life.

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

If you think that you did everything and know everything and that everything has been done perfectly well, then it's time to retire.

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?"

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.

I'm retiring because my time is up.

Do you know what I'm going to do when I retire? I hope to become the new face of Scientology.

Mitt Romney is running for president again. That will be attempt No. 3. Well, everybody needs a hobby. He's almost certainly running, and I'm almost certainly retiring, so I don't care.

Actors don’t retire. They just get offered fewer roles.

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.

I will never retire unless I have to.

I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.

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

The day I retire is the day I'll feel old. I'm not there yet.

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

Retire? I will never retire.

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

First of all, you never retire. At least I don't retire.

I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.

Start early – the sooner you start, the more you will have in your account when you retire. I actually waited until 30 before contributing…that was a big mistake.

If you're going to retire, retire early.

It is not enough that our life is an easy one. We must live on the stretch, retiring to our rest like soldiers on the eve of a battle, looking forward to the strenuous sortie of the morrow.

At banquets surfeit not, but fill; partake, and retire; and eat not again till you crave.

Be careful never to retire to rest in a room not properly ventilated.

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

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

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life, but retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product, in almost every case.