Stuart Rose Quotes

I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that.

I'm one of those people who, as long as I am still healthy and my thoughts are more or less clear, I don't think I can retire entirely.

To retire is to die.

What is the point of working all your life and then stopping?

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.

If my mind and body are still active, why should I retire?

Retirement is not in my vocabulary.

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired' because that's such a finality that I don't want to be part of my life. I'll work until they throw me in a box.

I'm not ever going to retire. That's - that wouldn't be good, for one, just to go somewhere and sit down and do nothing. Please. No, that's not moi.

Everyone thinks about retirement at some point.

I'll be that guy who's 80 years old and still has a job. There is no 'retire' for me.

I can't retire.

I don't want to retire. I still want to play.

I never use that word, retire.

Invest in people who will take care of you when you're old.

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

I will never retire unless I have to.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a thing to me. But I haven't got any money, so, you know, I just keep on working.

I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.