Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.

Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy.

Since my retirement I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.

I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons but I am very satisfied with my career and I am trying not to look at retirement as a sad thing.

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work instead of retirement then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly the disabled then again that's very positive.

Americans will listen but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid so yes I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience how can it be that on a Monday morning you are useless?

Take free money. No matter how in debt you are if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.