50 Movie Quotes about Retirement (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

Updated: Mar 29, 2026

Memorable quotes about retirement, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

41 Maybe you should retire.

Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne in Batman Returns (1992)

42 Looks like I retired just in time.

Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak in Space Jam

43 No. No, I'm gonna retire right now. That's all there is to it.

Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak in Space Jam

44 But is being retired any more interesting?

Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills in Taken (2008)

45 I have a boat, and I wanna retire and sail around the world.

Richard Jenkins as Robert Doback in Step Brothers (2008)

46 I've retired. I'm just going to take care of my wife's money so I'll have something in my old age.

William Powell as Nick Charles in After the Thin Man (1936)

47 What can you do with a general when he stops being a general? Oh, what can you do with a general who retires?

Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace in White Christmas (1954)

48 They finally grounded me.

Bill Cobbs as Zachary Lamb in Demolition Man

49 A masculine retreat far from the threat of female encroachment.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

50 Well, I'm in the proper uniform. The uniform of a retired gentleman.

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