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I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

Thomas Jefferson

There are a lot of people who are retiring earlier and have a lot of energy and are not ready to stop working.

Graham Spanier

It is not about us asking for a raise. It is about whether [some controllers] would lose out on cost of living increases if they continued to work, compared with retiring.

Pat Mccormick

It's not surprising that Lacy is retiring. In the merger, he certainly appears to be a transitional figure.

Walter Loeb

He had 30 years and was retiring. It was nice to see him get it.

Steve Hough

The big question is looking at the cost of all this. Is it worth making the changes or retiring old cars? The cost of this could be well over $2 million.

Candace Smith

This is the last time you'll see me in these gloves and these shorts in this Octagon, because I'm retiring. That's it for me. It's time to do something else.

Randy Couture

Today, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the baby boomers begin retiring.

Jim Bunning

When a mature and able manager feels bored, he should seriously consider changing jobs, changing companies or simply retiring. It is not fair to anyone for half a leader to hold a full-time leadership job.

James L. Hayes

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like hari kiri. I mean, no doubt, I intend to live to 100 and go down in history.

Steve Richards

Certainly, I do think that retiring his jersey or number is something we'll have to take a look at.

Jamie Plenkovich

I've never beaten Flaherty. I hear he's retiring at the end of the season. I hope not. He's a great person to coach against.

Tim Bankston

I'm officially retiring from gymnastics ... and it's kind of difficult. I think it's time. I want to stay at the top of the game, but if I don't have it, I'm not going to do it.

Blaine Wilson

We were back and forth together and our classes took field trips together. We've even talked about retiring together.

Debbie Miller

They don't want to be considered as people who are retiring.

Sherry Chris

This one was more nerve-wracking than last year, because I'm retiring from diving after nine years. I was only behind by five points (to Harmon), but I knew my last dives were real strong.

Thomas Evans

By maintaining systems, retiring debt, and keeping costs low for taxpayers, you've assured the financial position of the city. It's commendable that the mayor and council utilized fixed assets to make this happen.

Dicky Sparks Cpa

It's literally a lack of people. Baby boomers are getting older and retiring and people are having smaller families.

Shannon Martin

No matter how much you ever think you're ready for something like this, I don't think you're ready. I don't like the word 'retiring.' I still have a lot of things to do.

Sandy Weill

We are not holding out great hope Mo will play again, but we stop short of announcing he is retiring. It may ultimately be that.

Jeff Moorad

Nobody wants to ask Joe when he might be retiring. It's the elephant in the room, and no one wants to speak up first.

Suzanne Miklos

You've got to be open-minded, but it is an open-ended situation. You have to see him on the field performing for the Giants first to help us win, and ... knowing what that means against records or him retiring as a Giant. But I think you've got to be open-minded, given who it is.

Brian Sabean

This is Bill's last year (before retiring). He doesn't have to do this, but he recognizes we are not where we would like to be. He is committed to getting us started.

Robert Arkin

As 77 million baby boomers start retiring, this industry is going to explode. LTCFP is exploding already, ahead of the curve.

Cameron Truesdell

I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.

Tom Osborne

Boomers will do aging on their own terms. At every stage in their lives, boomers have done it differently from their parents' generation. They won't be retiring so much as they'll be reinventing themselves.

Matt Thornhill

We have been adding to the program knowing that there is a great number of administrators who would be retiring.

Cynthia Mcnally

With a lot of them retiring, they're looking for young talent.

Bill Driscoll

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

Samuel Johnson

That's what they call these people from California and Nevada. They bought a home in 1975 in Santa Monica for $110,000. It's now worth $800,000. They've paid it off. What they plan on doing is taking the money out and retiring.

James Wood

Retiring is getting ready to die.

Rodger Ward

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war. Retiring an aircraft carrier more than a decade early isn't in the best interest of the nation at this time.

Bill Nelson

A more aggressive fund can multiply your money faster but if you are a 60-something retiring lola, you can't accept that kind of risk anymore.

Dennis Yaw

He has been the leader, and he has had the focus and everyone rowing the boat in the same direction. To change would be difficult, especially with two board members leaving and half the cabinet retiring.

David Welch

Several studies found lower survival among those retiring early and attributed this to poor health status forcing early retirement.

Shan Tsai

They're dropping out because they're retiring or because people are moving out of county because of the high cost of living.

Vicki Taylor

That era is retiring, and that's why it's time to start making the change. The people who built and supported this system are no longer around.

Mark Calhoon

Ask me that again next month, when you're all in Dhaka and I'm in Rome, watching Chelsea playing Lazio! [Asked if he would regret retiring].

Alec Stewart

We are on the edge of a nursing shortage, because we can't replace the early Baby Boomers who are retiring. Occupational and physical therapists are very popular now, too, as is the physician's assistant degree because you have a lot of the same rights and privileges as a doctor, including good pay, with fewer responsibilities.

William Walence

I said, 'That's it. He's retiring, I'm retiring,'.

Gary Stevens

If you're serious about retiring prior to age 591/2, it's critical you accumulate savings outside of your 401(k) plan.

Barbara Saunders

I finally did it. I'm real happy. I knew he was retiring and I always told him I would bring him a state championship home.. I feel real good and it makes me feel good that he feels good about it too. He can retire happy now.

Travis Davis

After you've done the numbers, and it's not rocket science to do that, you may have a gap. The earlier you know that, the better. The time to discover that is not when you're retiring.

Don Blandin

The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.

Milton Berle

Retiring has been a very difficult decision for me. But I recognize that with my health being strong, I can use this next phase of my life as an active ambassador and catalyst for the growth of squash.

Jonathon Power

We've always planned on retiring from here and selling the business, but that may not be the case for us.

Lois Martin

I can confirm I am retiring effective Sept. 9.

Bob Dixon

I want to get across to people that I'm not retiring for a long time, but as I slow down, I want these people to carry on. It's not just me anymore. We're all Donna.

Donna Potter

Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

Ted Knight

Executives in New York or Chicago usually talk about retiring somewhere else. That's not going to happen with Bill. He will be a big part of this community.

Tom Frost

Bailey retiring has opened up some avenues. We're leaving here on March 29, and Kent will ride there through Thanksgiving.

Jim Pegram

There's no retiring from this.

Tony Soprano

The manager pulled me aside on the Saturday morning and said that he will be the one deciding when I'm going to be retiring.

Roy Keane

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

Paul Harvey

Retiring numbers in sports is way overdone, but it's impossible to argue with this one. Messier always will be 'the captain' in New York.

Dave Maloney

The retiring of the Concorde has opened up a new market.

Noel Forgeard

I thought Coach Wood would hang on another five or six years. He has a great program going there. I'm more surprised he's retiring than myself.

Gary Pittillo

Once large numbers of baby boomers start retiring and begin to benefit from these tax breaks, they'll become not just more expensive, but also more difficult politically to modify.

Elizabeth Mcnichol

General Adan is retiring next month and he is trying to get public attention.

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