Mike Wallace Quotes

Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.

The decision to retire was very easy. The timing had come to the point where it was very clear that my time was up.

I never use that word, retire.

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

To retire is to begin to die.

If you say you plan to retire in two or three years, you've already retired.

I don't want to retire, because you stay retired for an awfully long time.

When I finally quit for the second time in the summer of 2013, I had accepted that this really was the end, and, having got over that, the move into retirement was a lot easier.

I have no idea when it's going to be, when I'll retire.

Who knows? I might retire at the age of 65.

When you think about retiring, you're done. You already checked out.

I don't hate the idea of retirement. I am looking forward to it.

Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to.

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'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.

I will never retire unless I have to.

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

God knows when I'm going to retire. I think I'm going to be bored.

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

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