Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss. ”

I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal', the 'New York Times', constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image. ”

I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough. ”

I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase. ”

It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place. ”

Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted. ”

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things. ”

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on. ”

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. ”

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. ”