Retirement Quotes
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It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old.
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My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
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Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while this is all great news, this has also placed added pressure on America's retirement system.
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On retirement savings: Gone today, here tomorrow.
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When employees are first eligible for a retirement savings plan, they should be enrolled unless they choose to opt out.
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The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care.
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For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.
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Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.
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Retirement is the ugliest word in the language.
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Your retirement is an opportunity to live out your dreams and take care of your family. Don’t leave it to chance.
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I've always believed in the concept of retirement. I retired for the first time at age 18 ... from school. To me, retirement means doing what you want to do without worrying about getting paid for it.
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Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those whose whole careers have been spent in ivy-covered buildings, insulated by tenure, can remain adolescents on into their golden retirement years.
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I would not have put myself through the week I have been through if I was considering retirement.
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There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors, dragging strangers up dusty staircases while coughing up one of the most thrilling phrases in the English language: 'It was on this spot…' My fantasy is to one day become a docent.
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For many people, being asked to solve their own retirement savings problems is like being asked to build their own cars.
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The worst death for anyone is to lose the center of his being, the thing he really is. Retirement is the filthiest word in the language. Whether by choice or by fate, to retire from what you do - and makes you what you are - is to back up into the grave.
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There is nothing wrong with athletes coming back from retirement.
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Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.
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This way, if there are any problems, all the retirement money isn't at risk.
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I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.
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And you can save more money for retirement. It’s not just about marshmallows.
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Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.
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Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.
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Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.
