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The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.
The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the
army, even before the turn of read more
I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the
army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment
of all my boyish hopes and dreams.
The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the
plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since
vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most
barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that
old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military
career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his
duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.
A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.
A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.
Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than read more
Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it
There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the
job.
There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the
job.
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.