Retirement Quotes - Page 26

• You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.

  Pat Robertson

  Sinking Feeling, Giving, Feelings

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• I had a very detailed retirement plan, and I feel like I've met every aspect of it: a lot of golf, a lot of carbs, a lot of fried food, and some booze, occasionally - I've been completely committed... The results have shown.

  Andy Roddick

  Golf, Results, Mets

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• I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

  Mitt Romney

  Senior, Running, Jobs

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• All I want to do is model. The reason I'm coming back is for the same reasons that I became a model initially. It's about the clothes and the creation of great pictures. I thought I was old and that I earned my retirement, and enough! It's not enough. I want more. And I'm lucky that I still have that option.

  Linda Evangelista

  Clothes, Lucky, Want

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• BYU takes on defending national champion Florida State in the Pigskin Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., eight days after announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: We looked at it. We knew it would make things tougher. But how many chances does anyone get to play Florida State? It was too good to pass up.

  LaVell Edwards

  Play, Florida, Eight

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• When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions of those who are already retired. Once you understand this, you see that whether you will get the benefits you are counting on when you retire depends on whether Congress will levy enough taxes, borrow enough, or print enough money.

  W. Allen Wallis

  Benefits, Pay, Way

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• I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

  George Foreman

  Pay, Lord, Program

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• Years of concentration solely on work and individual success meant that in his retirement [Lyndon Johnson] could find no solace in family, in recreation, in sports or in hobbies. It was almost as if the hole in his heart was so large that even the love of a family, without work, could not fill it.

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Sports, Motivation, Inspiration

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• But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The answer, quite clearly, is no. The Constitution, in Article I, Section 8 - which contains the general welfare clause - seeks to restrain federal government, not expand it.

  Larry Elder

  Father, Government, Answers

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• Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.

  Warren Adler

  Real, Writing

  FaceBook post by Warren Adler from Oct 11, 2011

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• How do you decisions change if retirement is not an option?

  Ramit Sethi

  Business, Decision, Ifs

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• If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors' and mutual fund managers' retirement.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Government, Ideas, Support

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• Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

  Jack Benny

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Elderly

  New York Times, 1974.

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• In January we start saving money, getting out of credit card debt, funding our retirement accounts, and we're doing wonderful. Then, every single year like clockwork, starting in November, all of you fall into this trap that says, 'I have to buy this gift... I can't show up at this party and not have something for everybody.

  Suze Orman

  Party, Fall, Years

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• Many of us say we want to experience God, but we don’t look for his majesty. [Tweet this] We travel life’s paths with our heads down, focused on the next step with our careers or families or retirement plans. But we don’t really expect God to show up with divine wonder.

  Margaret Feinberg

  Careers, Majesty, Next

  FaceBook post by Margaret Feinberg from Apr 21, 2013

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• There's a growing trend of older Americans who are using marijuana in their retirement. That makes sense because old people are always talking about their joints.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Marijuana, Talking, People

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• I want everyone to know I'm coming out of retirement because it's time to free the MMA world of the virus that's known as Tito Ortiz. We've been suffering through his boring fights for too many years, and it's about time that someone beats it out of him once and for all.

  Stephan Bonnar

  Fighting, Mma, Years

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• Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an affordable mortgage, or a college loan? In this timely and important book, political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains how the United States has come to rely on hidden, indirect policies that privilege special interests but puzzle regular citizens. American democracy can do better, and she shows how. Politicians and the public alike have much to learn from her brilliant and engaging analysis.

  Theda Skocpol

  Book, College, Government

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• Everyone has a right to a job, everyone has a right to an education, everyone has a right to health care, everyone has a right to retirement security, everyone has a right to housing, and everyone has a right to peace.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Jobs, Economic Inequality, Care

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• After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only one more season. I have been wrestling with the timing of announcing that decision. After seeing the outstanding attitude and work ethic of this team, I came to the conclusion that it's best to get the announcement out of the way now so we can focus on the season and avoid the repeated distractions that come from questions about my retirement.

  LaVell Edwards

  Attitude, Team, Work

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• A good marriage is like an incredible retirement fund. You put everything you have into it during your productive life, and over the years it turns from silver to gold to platinum.

  Willard Scott

  Inspirational, Productive Life, Years

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• I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

  Howard Dean

  Age, Favors, Social

  "Dean Misspeaks About Social Security Retirement Age". Interview with Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. August 7, 2003.

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• The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else. It would be tough but we could do it.

  Howard Dean

  Moving, Cutting, Age

  Interview with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. September 29, 2003.

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• I have made enough faces.

  Greta Garbo

  Faces, Enough, Made

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• What will I do with myself when I retire? When I quit my job, I do not want to quit living. Can I possibly be of use when retirement day comes, or will I just be taking up space?

  John Anthony West

  Jobs, Space, Use

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