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Retirement/Work Quotes...
06-01-2013, 06:36 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Columbia, SC
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Retirement/Work Quotes...
Heard any good ones?
I'll start first...one of my favorites...
"I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth doing, but mostly because I'll never have to do it again"....Mark Twain
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06-03-2013, 11:54 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Fredericksburg
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I always liked `The worst part about being retired is that you know longer appreciate weekends or holidays as you did before. But, the best part is that EVERY day is like a weekend or holiday.'
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06-03-2013, 12:18 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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I said this to a few people when they comments about my being too young to retire (at 45, back in 2008). "They say youth is wasted on the young. I say retirement is wasted on the old!"
Another one I have said just before and since I have ERed: "I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
Two lines from Seinfeld also come to mind (I may not have them exactly right but you get the idea....):
George: "Compound interest, it's like making money by not doing anything."
Jerry: "I know people who live their whole lives that way."
George: "Oh yeah? Who?"
Jerry (with a funny expression): "Nobody you know...."
And this little gem....
Kramer: "I'm retiring!"
Jerry: "From what?"
LOL
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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06-03-2013, 12:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: San Diego
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My favorite:
"You should not confuse your career with your life.” ― Dave Barry.
I work with a lot of people who seem to be 100% identified with their career - and don't have a life/interests outside of work.
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06-03-2013, 01:47 PM
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"Good-by tension, hello pension!"
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We are, as I have said, one equation short. – Keynes
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06-03-2013, 01:50 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2013
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"Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to."
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06-03-2013, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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"I used to think I wanted a career. Now I realize I just wanted a paycheck."
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And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know.
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06-03-2013, 03:25 PM
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How about "Take this job and shove it" - Johnny Paycheck
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06-03-2013, 03:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Scottsdale
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" Do you live to work, or work to live?"
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FIRE'D in July 2009 at 51...Never look back!
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06-04-2013, 02:18 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Columbia, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ronin
"Good-by tension, hello pension!"
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That little one really made me laugh...I guess because it rhymes, too.
Here's another one I like...
"It's a pity to waste your life living the same tiny day over and over again"...James Taylor
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"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it." Ashleigh Brilliant
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06-04-2013, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Western US
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A co-worker said this to me today upon hearing I was retiring in a few months:
"You don't look old enough to retire. You still have a lot left in you."
My reply:
"Yes, and I'll use what's left in me to pursue my life's passions. Work is not one of my passions."
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06-04-2013, 09:53 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
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"Goodbye tension, hello pension."
"Life begins at retirement."
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06-05-2013, 12:17 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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"Working is so inconvenient"
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06-05-2013, 07:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: Lawn chair in Texas
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This >>>
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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06-05-2013, 07:56 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Location: Front Range
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I used this quote at my retirement ceremony to explain why I was retiring early:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
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"Our lives are what our thoughts make them" - Marcus Aurellius
FIRE'd on 1 June, 2013 at age 48, DW FIRE'd with me on same day at age 47.
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06-05-2013, 10:17 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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