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Retirement Quotations.For Your Retirement Speech or Just a Bit of Wisdom!.You might want to include some of the following in your Retirement Speech - or combine with some Retirement Jokes. Enjoy! There’s one thing I always wanted to do before I quit ... retire! Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time. Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. Forever, and forever, farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again we shall smile, if not, then this parting was well made When one door closes, another one opens, but we often look so long and regretfully at the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us. There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. R C Sherriff. The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does. Anonymous The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. George Foreman Today we would like to thank Albert for his service to our company. Albert is someone who does not know the meaning of impossible task, who does not know the meaning of lunch break, who does not understand the meaning of the word no. So we have clubbed together and bought Albert a dictionary. Golfers never retire, they just lose their drive Accountants don't retire, they just lose their balance Bank managers don't retire, they just lose interest Three elderly gentlemen were talking about what their grandchildren would be saying about them fifty years from now.
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