“You have to put off being young until you can retire”—- that is, when you have money—is a retirement saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2009 and is of unknown authorship.
Google Books
Little Giant Encyclopedia - Toasts and Quotes
By Diagram Group
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2009
Pg. 29:
You have to put off being young until you can retire.
Google Books
Shobhaa at Sixty
By Shobhaa Dé
Hay House Publishing
2010
Pg. ?:
You have to put off being young until you can retire. – Unknown Wise Person
Twitter
Chrysler Retiree
@ChryslerRetiree
You have to put off being young until you can retire.
Author Unknown
8:28 AM - 26 Mar 2010
New Retirement
Famous Retirement Quotes, Funny Retirement Quotes, Inspirational Retirement Quotes
Kathleen Coxwell
January 27, 2016
(...)
You have to put off being young until you can retire.
Author Unknown
BlogCastFM
42 Funny Retirement Slogans
Jan 10, 2017
(...)
You have to put off being young until you can retire.
Twitter
Bev Cowling
@songbird_63366
You have to put off being young until you can retire.
Author Unknown
8:23 PM - 14 Apr 2019
Country Living
30 Great Quotes to Celebrate Retirement
Three cheers—and lots of wise words—in honor of the very last day of work ever!
BY LAURA KOSTELNY
JUN 25, 2019
Unknown
“You have to put off being young until you can retire.”
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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