Virginia Graham Quotes

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

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

My parents are retired, basically.

To retire is to die.

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

I don't know exactly what are you supposed to do when you retire. Lie on the couch and do nothing? I didn't want to do that.

I think you have to keep going. Otherwise, you know these fellas that say, "Boy I can't wait to retire. Boy, I'm going to be 65 years old, and I'm retiring and I'm quitting and that's it." Well, two weeks later they're saying to themselves, "What the hell am I gonna do?" And first thing you know they find themselves in a wheelchair or in a rocking chair going back and forth, back and forth, and that's the end of it. And suddenly you're dead.

Retirement? You're talking about death, right?

When you get to 60, the word "retirement" comes in on every conversation.

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.

I never use that word, retire.

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

A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.

I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that.

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.

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.

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

No, I don't belong to a retirement community.

Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

If you're going to retire, retire early.

When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you can't just sit back in a rocking chair and be retired at 35. I'm not a good enough golfer to play golf every day.