A Quote by Sydney Biddle Barrows

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

Sydney Biddle Barrows

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Sydney Biddle Barrows
American - Celebrity
Born: January 14, 1952

I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work.

Vilmos Zsigmond

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.

James R. Clapper

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.

Amy Goodman

A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.

Rajneesh

I am not retired! I will be retired the day I die.

Jesus Franco

Throughout his life, General Wesley Clark has stood up to some tough opponents. He battled the Viet Cong, and went toe-to-toe with Slobodan Milosevic. But today the retired four-star general capitulated to the fiercest enemy he's ever confronted: the American voter.

Jon Stewart

I was re-elected as general secretary with almost 100 per cent of the vote. And I am very surprised by that. Because I am quite old. I am the oldest member in the leadership of Vietnam. I myself asked to be retired but due to responsibility tasked on me by the party I had to accept.

Nguyen Phu Trong

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

Omar N. Bradley

I kinda like this Jay-Z thing, where he’s retired, but he keeps doing shows. I think I beat him to that. If you say you’re retired, people don’t bother you so much, and then if you want to do something, you can do it.

Bill Murray

General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power.

Herbert M. Shelton

Musically, what happened was this: I retired twice. I retired after The Black Crowes, and I retired after Brand New Immortals. Then, we started buying real estate, which really took up my time. I was busy. I was still teaching yoga, but I was mostly busy running business, and I was fine. I was happy.

Johnny Colt

I never think I am successful. If I am successful, then I should be retired. If I am not retired, then that means I should still be working hard, keeping the company running.

Terry Gou

Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war or not. But our enemies have already made that choice. Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis said: “No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it's over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote“.

Thomas Sowell

As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think about coming back, but I am retired, and after speaking to my family and following a great deal of introspection, I have decided to stay retired.