#retiring

The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists. ↗

— Logan Pearsall Smith

#devil #familiar #good #good work #making

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#i #once #retire #retiring

I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it. ↗

— Mos Def

#after #def #doing #i #mos

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#adaptation #all things #branches #climate #dress

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#being #else #one thing #retired #retiring

There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60. ↗

— Julie Walters

#appealing #being #case #engaged #everything

A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#clown #else #gave #giant #his

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make. ↗

— Gabriela Sabatini

#going #hard #i #knew #make

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#after #away #being #body #comeback

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#agent #comes #even #every #every time