Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.
First of all, you never retire. At least I don't retire.
I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.
Remember, what does 'retirement' mean? It doesn't mean that you're a couch potato. Leisure is not the same thing as rest. If you're bicycling five miles a day, that's leisure, but it certainly takes a lot of effort.
As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever.
Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.
Retiring from writing is not to retire from life.
Time flies, though, huh? But I feel young. And do you know how I stay feeling young, ladies and gentlemen? I'll share my secret with you: I live in a senior citizen retirement community.
We can all live longer, better, than we ever could before. You don't have to retire.
As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.
The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
I tell people retirement isn't what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix.
I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. Because as long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching. I love what I do.
At 88 years old - with every intention of living decades longer - I'm still running a company, writing articles, launching new ventures, and fully enjoying life.
Some people say they're retired and it means they have time to do things they want to do. I have always had the privilege to engage in my hobbies as if they were work. And they are. So hobbies are work, but work that you want to do; they are play. Retirement? That sounds like you're going to passively walk into the sunset and disappear.
People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.
I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.
I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City.
I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.
It is hard for me to imagine retiring at 65 and spending the next quarter century not working. I expect to be working, doing something productive and fulfilling.
