David Eddings Quotes

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.

I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.

The thought of me not having to clock in for a job anymore is something that I can't really put into words, aside from 'amazing' and 'awesome.'

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now.

Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life, there's a great feeling of: 'Hey, I'm free as a bird.'

I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

The happiest time in any man’s life is just after his first divorce.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

I don't miss playing for the national side, I am glad to be out of it.

I now stop feeling guilty. I let myself out of that prison.

I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader of the party, so now I can branch out into other things... it is a very liberating feeling.

High heels off; I'm feeling alive.

It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!

It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.

I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.

It's almost worth retiring just so I can speak to you.

I'm feeling pretty good. A lot of people don't know this, but I am not currently in prison, which feels great.

Life can be dangerous; just let it be! When we shake off what we perceive as boundaries, that is where the bliss really is.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

People have passed through a very dark tunnel at the end of which there was a light of freedom. Unexpectedly they passed through the prison gates and found themselves in a square. They are now free and they don't know where to go.

This is real freedom-the ability to enjoy the choices we make in every successive moment of the present.