Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.
When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in England without being a footballer, without the rhythm. I wanted to enjoy the city.
When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.
I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.
My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country.
I'm doing a little consulting. I'm somewhat retired, still a director of a company or two.
War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.
Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.
There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.
Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.
My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.
Indiana taxpayers, retired Hoosier state policemen and teachers are neither greedy speculators nor unpatriotic. They are, however, secured creditors of Chrysler. They deserve to have their funds protected under the full auspices of the law.
Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things.
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.
By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.
I don't have much interest in being on a senior tour. I don't think I retired so that I could be on tour.
When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.
I never retired.
Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired.
I've retired my sneakers for stilettos, baby!
As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.
It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me.
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.
When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.
I quit driving, I'm not retired.
You can't be new for too long. You want to just respectfully disappear. It's a bit sad sometimes. Michael Jordan retired like a god, and then he came back... We don't want to go out like that.
The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.
We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.
I'm mostly retired. Now I'm a mother with a really noisy, difficult house to maintain!
I remember the night in December 2005 when the Bulls retired my number and will never, ever forget it.
Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for a friend who had just turned 80. I wrote a song for him called, The First 80 Years are The Hardest.
Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.
I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.
A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.