Retirement Quotes
Retirement does not have a Wikiquote page, so this one borrows from three that do: work, time and age. The result suits a card or a send-off speech better than a close reading. There are lines about labour well done, about the years running on, and about being old that are rueful more often than sentimental.
As elsewhere on the site, each quote links to its own page with the source and the editors’ notes. If you want to put a name under a line in a card, check for a flag first.
Most quoted on retirement:
Our talks were very pleasant, as usual. Remember I used to vote Labour when I was here.
Since the very beginning, I have had this dream of living and working for the dignity of mankind.
11) There is a time and place for tact.
And there are times when tact is entirely misplaced.