#retired

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime. ↗

— Chris Christie

#another #benefit #benefits #care #career

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

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

Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#citizens #community #disabled #hispanic #hispanic community

When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years. ↗

— Barbara Mandrell

#had #i #music #november #retired

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#did #entire #family #had #i

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#by the time #change #critics #during #everybody

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. ↗

— Richard Armour

#first #i #retired #then #thought