Retirement quotes

“Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was 65 I still had pimples.”
George Burns

“Retirement is an ongoing, relentless effort in creativity. You can try yoga, like to cook, bought some plants, took classes in Mandarin. Believe me, I've tried everything. I just know there's a hole in my life and I need to fill it... soon.”

Robert De Niro - Ben

“It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.”
Jamie Lee Curtis

“- Moseby: What kind of work are you in, Bernie?
- Ralph: I'm retired.
- Moseby: Oh? From what?
- Ralph: From all the big hairy bullshit.”
Roy Cooper - Moseby
Richard B. Shull - Ralph

“- Merlin Sheets: Rock, you know, George would like you to consider putting on those damn gloves again. It's a helluva pay day.
- Rocky Balboa: Well, ya know, I'm officially expired.
- George Washington Duke: No, you do have marquee value. You put butts in the buckets, asses in the seats. A businessman, with any sorta brain, don't retire when he...” (continue)(continue reading)
Mike Sheehan - Merlin Sheets
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
Richard Gant - George Washington Duke

“My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.”
Randolph Scott

“Luckily, I saw this coming, cashed out my retirement, bought a condo in Miami Beach, new tits for the wife. Silicone. It's legal again.”
John Goodman - Nick and Billy's Boss

“- Bowery King: John Wick, you're not very good at retiring.
- John Wick: I'm working on it.”
Laurence Fishburne - Bowery King
Keanu Reeves - John Wick

“I'm going to retire, withdraw from public life, and become a hermit crab.”
Ben Stiller - Derek Zoolander

“Very few people have mastered the art of enjoying their wealth. I have mastered the art, and therefore I spend my time enjoying myself.”

David O. Selznick

“- Gen. Taylor: I'm gonna retire after this mission.
- Col. Scot McCoy: You say that every time.”
John P. Ryan - Gen. Taylor
Chuck Norris - Col. Scott McCoy

“- Danny Costanzo: We can move down here.
- Ray Hughes: No, being a cop down here wouldn't be the same.
- Danny Costanzo: I don't mean being a cop. I mean to quit, retire, be a regular person.
- Ray Hughes: Regular people suck!
- Danny Costanzo: Maybe, but they hardly ever get shot.”
Billy Crystal - Danny Costanzo
Gregory Hines - Ray Hughes

“- Horace King: I think you really should go on vacation.
- Harry Callahan: Forget it. I never take a vacation.
- Horace King: Well either that or quit.
- Harry Callahan: That's good idea right there. I really should quit. Then I can handle the law my own way.”
Albert Popwell - Horace King
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan

“I've seen people get old, retire, and die. Rarely on the same day.”
Vin Diesel - Kaulder

“You wear it, you eat in it, you sleep in it! Okay? 6 more days! And Riggs, keep an eye on him.”

Darlene Love - Trish Murtaugh

“I retire for what, like, five minutes, and it all goes to shit.”
Jeremy Renner - Hawkeye

“You will be alone. Upon retirement, you will take the long walk... which every Judge takes, outside these city walls, into the cursed Earth. There you will remain for the last of your days, alone and carrying the Law.”

Sylvester Stallone - Judge Dredd

“People don't start playing ball at your age, they retire!”

Wilford Brimley - Pop Fisher

“Actors can't retire. What would they do?”
Larry Hagman

“- Hammett: I was sure I heard you retired.
- Doc Fallon: I heard you stopped drinkin'.
- Hammett: I guess we were both wrong.”
Frederic Forrest - Hammett
Elmer Kline - Doc Fallon

“- Dr. Wynn: Guess who after thirty-two years is finally relinquishing his duties as chief administrator of Smith's Grove?
- Dr. Loomis: Dear God. You don't mean you're...
- Dr. Wynn: Retiring? I came by to give you the news myself.
- Dr. Loomis: Well, I wish you well Terrence.
- Dr. Wynn: To old friends, to retirement, to new beginnings.”
Mitchell Ryan - Dr. Wynn
Donald Pleasence - Loomis

“I've been in many plays, TV shows and movies over the years but I've never made enough money, so retiring now I'm 78 is not an option.”
Julian Glover

“I'll be honest with you. It could have been an ego thing, everybody wants to be up front. But if there is four guys, and you're Ringo? Better I should spend some time with my kids.”
Michael Lomenda - Nick Massi

“- Jamie: You know too much. One of the first things you tought me is that nobody just walks away from the CIA.
- Malone: Watch me.”

Lauren Hutton - Jamie
Burt Reynolds - Malone

“- Salchak: I know you've been waiting for years for me to either drop dead or retire.
- Frank Dixon: No, I haven't been waiting for you to retire.”
Eddie Jones - Salchak