A Quote by Duke Ellington

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington
American - Musician
April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974

When people retire, they should stay retired.

Carl Froch

I think if you retire from touring then people think you are retired.

Alan Jackson

I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.

Alan Jackson

People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.

Vitor Belfort

Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling - don't you?

Charles Dance

If you say you plan to retire in two or three years, you've already retired.

Marv Levy

I don't want to retire, because you stay retired for an awfully long time.

Gordie Howe

In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought to go into show business. I've been retired all my life.

George Burns

I have a statement on the Social Security. A lot of people approaching that age have either already retired on pensions or have made irreversible plans to retire very soon... I consider it a breach of faith to renege on that promise. It is a rotten thing to do.

Thomas P. O'Neill

I don't think I'm ever going to retire from stand-up, but what I have retired from is working the road every week.

Jeff Garlin

Even when I retired, there was part of me that didn't want to retire. But once you decide it's time to move on then you have to stick with it.

John Elway

The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no one wants them. Six years ago Sinatra announced his retirement. He's still working.

George Burns

Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.

Joe Calzaghe

Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.