David Blanchflower quotes

“Retirement should be a happier time, conditioned upon not being ill.”
-- David Blanchflower

Source : "The Secret to a Happier Retirement: Friends, Neighbors and a Fixed Annuity". online.wsj.com. July 27, 2005.

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“We usually think that a strong economy leads to an increase in life satisfaction among the population. We found that's not the case in Scotland.”
-- David Blanchflower

Source : Dartmouth College news release, July 30, 2004.

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“The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.”

Source : Uncommon Law (1935) "Is Marriage Lawful?"

“Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (2013). “Cowley's Essays”, p.114, Cambridge University Press

“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”

“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.”

“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.”

“Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.”

Source : Alex Comfort (1978). “A Good Age”, Simon & Schuster

“I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start with not caring how I feel.”

“The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.”

Source : Abraham Kuyper (2007). “Lectures on Calvinism”, p.30, Cosimo, Inc.

“Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.”

“Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.”

Source : "Leader of Indonesian Jama'a Islamiyya Abu Bakr Al-Ba'shir: I Support Bombings in America, But Not in the Muslim World". MEMRI, October 26, 2007.