Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

There's a fundamental question that everyone has to answer: What fraction of your life do you spend in service to your fellow man? It's not something that science helps you answer at all. It's one of these questions like, Who are you gong to marry? Science doesn't really help you with the question. ”

When I first ran for Congress, I decided that I would not take pledges to vote for or against any issue. I believe the practice of taking pledges contributes to the worst of the partisan gridlock in Washington, preventing many members of Congress from even considering a reasonable compromise offered by the other side. ”

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad. ”

Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated. ”

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives. ”

If you lived next door to me and didn't know what I did, you wouldn't know I was a celebrity. I don't have that lifestyle, nor do I want that lifestyle. I want to know that I can have a separate life with my wife and my kids and just be normal and go camping and fishing and outdoor stuff. ”

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good. ”

While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979. ”

I didn't go to the Bob Marley and the Wailers show twice in my life, and I've regretted it every day since. ”

I, thank God, don't engage in punditry anymore. That part of my life is behind me. ”