The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However,
few escape that distinction. —Mark Twain,A Tramp Abroad, 1880
few escape that distinction. —Mark Twain,A Tramp Abroad, 1880
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had
pimples. —George Burns, attributed
pimples. —George Burns, attributed
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire. —Margaret
Mead, attributed
Mead, attributed
The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The
saddest are the ones who are retired. —George Burns, interview with
Arthur Marx, Cigar Aficionado (New York), 1994
saddest are the ones who are retired. —George Burns, interview with
Arthur Marx, Cigar Aficionado (New York), 1994
Retirement is the most loathsome word in the English language.
—Ernest Hemingway, attributed
—Ernest Hemingway, attributed
Mandatory retirement ought to be illegal.
—Maggie Kuhn, quoted by Carol Offen, “Profile of a Gray
Panther,” Retirement Living,December 1972
—Maggie Kuhn, quoted by Carol Offen, “Profile of a Gray
Panther,” Retirement Living,December 1972
If you don’t work, what the hell do you do? Sit around and rot! The
retirement age of 65 has killed millions.Luckily, I’m in an industry with
no retirement. They only retire you if you don’t make money for them.
—Bette Davis, quoted by Dotson Rader, Parade (New York), 1983
retirement age of 65 has killed millions.Luckily, I’m in an industry with
no retirement. They only retire you if you don’t make money for them.
—Bette Davis, quoted by Dotson Rader, Parade (New York), 1983
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it
for love of it. —Henry David Thoreau, “Life Without Principle,” The
Atlantic Monthly (Boston), 1863
for love of it. —Henry David Thoreau, “Life Without Principle,” The
Atlantic Monthly (Boston), 1863
You take my life / When you do take the means whereby I live.
—William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1596
—William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1596
that you won’t have to work. —Ogden Nash, “More About People,”
Many Long Years Ago, 1945
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