Jane Pauley Quotes

There was a point where there was a vision that we'll get to a certain age, and then we'll retire and be happy. Now that's like, that's being compromised every day. So I think we have to start living happy now and stop waiting for the forty years because by then you'll be so sick, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years.

We'll probably live 20 more years than our grandparents did. The question is, what are you going to do with those extra 20 years?

Who wants a life of ease? And who wants a life in the office that you hate, and who wants to play golf?

While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire.

What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?

I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me.

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.

Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.

I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

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.

I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do.

There's no point in retiring because there's no fun in retiring.

I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe.

If my mind and body are still active, why should I retire?

I have written too much about lives - I feel I have lived for too long.

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

Life should be great rather than long.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.