Quotes: Retirement

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
                                        ~Abe Lemons


When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
                                       Chi Chi Rodriguez


A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job. ~Ella Harris


Retired is being twice tired, I've thought
First tired of working,
Then tired of not.
                     ~Richard Armour


Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese. ~Gene Perret

I'm retired — goodbye tension, hello pension! ~Author Unknown


Retirement: World's longest coffee break. ~Author Unknown


O, blest retirement! friend to life's decline -
How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,
A youth of labor with an age of ease!
                           ~Oliver Goldsmith

Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. ~Author Unknown


Life begins at retirement. ~Author Unknown


Retirement can be a great joy if you can figure out how to spend time without spending money.                                       ~Author Unknown


If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.                                    ~Doug Larson


Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.
                              ~Gene Perret


There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.
                           ~Robert Half