69 Quotes by Stuart Rose

I am absolutely a free marketeer and I believe the creation of wealth is a good thing and anyone who doesn’t really needs to have their head examined – otherwise where are we going to get the schools, the roads, the universities, the third runway, dare I say it?

My four criteria: I don’t want to work with people I don’t like; I don’t want to work in a business I either don’t like or don’t understand; I don’t want to work for nothing unless I choose to, and I do a fair amount of that already; and I want to have some fun.

I’ve been an employee all my life. Would I wish, if I could rewind it, to have gone down a different route? Possibly, but I’ve had a great time. Anyway I’m not ruling it out; I could still buy a business.

We believe responsible business can be profitable business.

As retail goes through a fundamental shift into the digital world, I believe Ocado’s model and the high standards of customer service it provides will see it emerge as a powerful online player.

I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we’re men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits?

We face a dilemma because although everybody is better off than they’ve ever been at any time in our history, we’ve also got the biggest gap between the rich and the poor that we’ve ever had, and we’ve potentially got a planet which is going to go bust any day.

Ultimately, growth is essential for increasing a company’s value.

I’d go mad if I didn’t have things to make me laugh.