Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. ”

Of my English friends, I should find language too poor to speak the just praise and the excellence which shines in their characters and lives. ”

I must study alone, as I am condemned to do every thing alone, I believe, in this life. ”

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life! ”

If we had only those things which are procured with ease and freedom from danger, we should find the comforts and luxuries, if not many of the necessaries of life, considerably diminished. ”

Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt? ”

All my habits through life have been singularly removed from any condition of reliance on others, and the feeling - right or wrong - that aloneness is my proper position has prevailed since my early childhood, no doubt nourished and strengthened by many and quick-following bereavements. ”

Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process. ”

The minute you're born, you're getting older. ”

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me. ”