David Jason Quotes

There's no reason why I should retire.

There's nothing I would retire for, so I won't retire.

I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.

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

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

I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I thought that would be interesting. It had never been my plan to work until I literally didn't want to do anything and then hang it up.

I don't know how anyone could stop working.

I joined the police force with one motivation in mind: to become a high school PE teacher. After a year of working, I realized that a) I was making twice as much money as I would in the teaching profession, and b) I was having too much fun. I stuck it out for 32 years and no regrets.

It is everyone's prerogative to retire. But it's like giving up on life as far as I'm concerned.

If I'm going to be grinding, then I want to coach. If I'm not going to be coaching, I want to be semi-retired, at least.

I'm not just going to go back to my bedroom, get a job and 'get real with myself' - come on. I'm already too old, and I'm lucky to have a job at all.

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

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City.

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.

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.

I will never retire unless I have to.

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

I don't need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career.

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

I don't want to bust my butt for the rest of my life, like my parents.

When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

I hope to work till I'm an old lady.

If I'm going to leave my family for any length of time, it had better be for a role that I haven't played before, with great people. It had better be fun.

Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do.