Retirement Quotes - Page 17

• Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.

  Sue Kelly

  Foundation, Social, Millions

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• Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Saving, Enough

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• The retirement system that is in place for members of Congress and other federal workers features what is known as the Federal Employment Retirement Plan.

  Virgil Goode

  Employment, Congress, Members

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• Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

  William Greider

  People, Income, Saving

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• The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt.

  William Vickrey

  Government, Desire, Needs

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• Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.

  Zoe Lofgren

  Poverty, Helping, Social

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• The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security.

  Christine Pelosi

  Hard Work, Promise, President

  "The Roadmap for Republicans Is a Roadmap to Ruin for Social Security" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 14, 2010.

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• It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.

  Davy Jones

  Getting Older, Used, Used To Be

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• I know a lot of people in the retirement village that I have a house in in Florida that are on the Internet and are reading the paper on the Internet, and they're communicating on the Internet.

  Davy Jones

  Reading, Florida, People

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• When you are 25, 30, you know, you have no responsibility, no mortgage, no kids, no retirement to think about, nothing.

  Eric Ripert

  Kids, Responsibility, Thinking

  "Q & A With Eric Ripert: His New Book, More Fun With PBS + Le Bernardin's Numbers". Interview with Amy Scattergood, www.laweekly.com. January 14, 2011.

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• Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.

  Jan Karon

  Writing, Thinking, Years

  "Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.

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• My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.

  Joe Torre

  New York, Years, Special

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• We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.

  John Noble

  Thinking, Ideas, Australia

  "Fatherhood on the Fringe". Interview with Larry Getlen, www.aarp.org. November 18, 2010.

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• We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

  Ken Buck

  Benefits, Increase, Workers

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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• Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement benefits at age 62.

  Ken Buck

  Years, Age, Needs

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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• Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.

  Mark Skousen

  Book, Writing, Age

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• No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.

  Mark Zandi

  Home, Winning, Appreciate

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• Social Security is a solemn promise to kupuna like my 88-year-old mother that they can rely on the retirement they've earned. While I'm glad to see our seniors receive an increase for the second year in a row, I wish the cost-of-living adjustment could be larger. However, every little bit helps make a difference in these tough economic times.

  Mazie Hirono

  Senior, Mother, Cost Of Living

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• A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It's rare. I've torn most of the ligaments in my knee. So no football for me. It's early retirement now. I've got a floating knee-cap!

  Niall Horan

  Football, Squirrels, Floating

  "One Direction's Niall Horan blames squirrel for knee injury" by Tom Eames, www.digitalspy.com. October 07, 2012.

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• Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.

  Pete Sampras

  Progress, Trying, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve.

  Pete Sessions

  Reform, Social, Certainty

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• The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

  Steven Rattner

  Income, Needs, Taxation

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• I don't believe in retirement.

  Stuart Rose

  Believe, Don't Believe

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• I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?

  Stuart Rose

  Friday, Monday, Morning

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• Glad that I live am I;
  That the sky is blue;
  Glad for the country lanes,
  And the fall of dew.

  Lizette Woodworth Reese

  Country, Fall, Blue

  Lizette Woodworth Reese, “A Little Song Of Life”

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