50 Movie Quotes about Retirement with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Mar 29, 2026

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11 It's petroleum. I should sink a well down here and retire.

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

12 It's just too much. It's piling up. -Yeah, you know? Just one thing on top of the other. Actually, I was thinking about retiring.

Will Smith as Oscar in Shark Tale

13 I just feel at this particular time that I reached the pinnacle of my basketball career and I must retire.

Quote from Space Jam

14 What does a retiree do these days, anyway? Take naps? Play golf? Hit on rich widows?

Quote from Taken (2008)

15 I'm retired, not dead.

Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills in Taken (2008)

16 The old man's moving toward the rear. That's a direction he's never taken in his entire life.

Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace in White Christmas (1954)

17 Oh, it's too bad. I think it's about time he should retire. -Second the motion. -How are we gonna retire him? -Oh, we'll think of somethin' cute.

George Raft as Spats Colombo in Some Like It Hot

18 I'd say that my retirement was an occasion for a drink, Sergeant. Help yourself. -No, I'd take no pleasure in it, sir. But if it's an order, here's to your health.

John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

19 Now, listen, every pug thinks he has one good one left. Now forget it, 'cause your fighting career is over, kid.

Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky II

20 Sister, I thought you'd retired as a Vestal virgin.

Christopher Plummer as Commodus in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)