David Jason Quotes

There's no reason why I should retire.

We're going to live longer than our parents' generation, and there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'What am I going do?' You can only play so much golf.

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

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 retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.

In my early twenties, I got the basics covered. In retrospect, one of the great things about success is that I never really had to work in a factory full-time. So that's a blessing.

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

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

There was a point where there was a vision that we'll get to a certain age, and then we'll retire and be happy. Now that's like, that's being compromised every day. So I think we have to start living happy now and stop waiting for the forty years because by then you'll be so sick, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years.

I'll be working until I die.

What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?

When you're young, you don't think about your career or your future - you perform because you love it.

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

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.

From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

Without your health, everything else means nothing.