#retire

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! ↗

— Thom Gunn

#by the time #certain #change #closet #department

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. ↗

— Horace

#content #find #guest #happy #happy life

Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#career #done #haven #i #i think

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#after #again #because #elbow #had

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#always #back #even #i #i can

First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#first #likely #live #men #more

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#able #get #health #into #me

The backwoodsmen are muttering about making Britain's draconian union laws - already among the toughest in Europe - harsher still. And parts of the media will continue to attack public service pensions, as if school meals staff, refuse collectors and healthcare workers have no right to a decent retirement. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#already #among #attack #britain #collectors

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#because #commands #get #had #i

The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security. ↗

— Jack Reed

#alone #arising #baby #boom #challenges