Happily Retired Quotes

#1. I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.

Angus King

#2. The two of us were everything that we needed to be to one another as we sat behind those strings.

Courtney Giardina

#3. Since I retired to Cold Mountain I've lived by eating mountain fruits What is there to worry about? Life passes according to karma The months pass like a flowing stream Days and nights like sparks from flint Heaven and earth endlessly change While I sit happily among these cliffs

Hanshan

#4. Stalking along from log to log, or plunging their long legs in the oozy swamp, two large herons paid no attention to my presence, but occupied themselves with their own fishing arrangements, as if their wilderness were their own.

William Cowper Prime

#5. Every joy is like a piece of mirror: always reflecting..

Munia Khan

#6. Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.

Maude Adams

#7. Sophomore year, I got hit in the stomach playing football, and I was out of school for four months. I was in the hospital for two and then out of school for two.

Chad Michael Murray

#8. His popcorn exploded with truffle oil and shaved Parmesan, or chopped pretzels and chewy flecks of caramel. Today's batch smelled like curry and toasted almonds.

Lauren Kate

#9. Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.

Rem Koolhaas

#10. One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

Eric Clapton

#11. Even as zombies, ridiculous prom gowns were the downfall of teenage girls, crippling them at the knees.

G.G. Silverman

#12. Once you have a certain amount of money, it ceases to be an issue. I'd rather put my cultural imprint on the fabric of life. After money, all you want is immortality.

Shane Smith

#13. Like Lenin Comrade Stalin is a leader of a higher type. He is a mountain eagle, without fear in the fight, who boldly leads the bolshevik party on unexplored roads toward the total victory of Communism.

Anastas Mikoyan

#14. Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically

Tim Crane