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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 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.
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
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
I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not read more
I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.
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.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only read more
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
