Roddy Piper Quotes

To retire is to begin to die.

I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.

We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live.

To retire is to die.

It is everyone's prerogative to retire. But it's like giving up on life as far as I'm concerned.

You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.

Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is critical.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

I'm one of those people who, as long as I am still healthy and my thoughts are more or less clear, I don't think I can retire entirely.

Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.

If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

I've got no idea when I am going to retire. Whenever they pick me up and take me to the funeral home, I guess.

I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.

I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully - in about 200 years time.

Though I'm 75, I'm not looking forward to death, but it's there for all of us.

With the duckets that I now have safe, I think I will retire at 66 years of age, praise God, in good health.

Everyone thinks about retirement at some point.

I don't want to fight until I'm 40. I don't even know if I'll get to 35.

I have always said that I will retire when my body starts giving out on me.

You ask particularly after my health. I suppose that I have not many months to live; but, of course, I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.

It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.

It [retirement] was absolutely boring. You can't go and say, 'I'm retired now. That's it!' It won't take long and you're really gone for good and someone throws the last shovel of dirt on a coffin with your name on it. That's the moment you're really retiring - when you die.

Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?