Rose Blumkin Quotes 108 Rose Blumkin Quotes (Mrs B; 104 years (worked unl she was 103); Nebraska Furniture Mart Quotes) [ae the age of 100] 1 work to avols the grave. Lazy people don't Ive long. ‘Rose Slumkin Why retire and wale for death? It wil come one day sooner or ater anyway, ‘and certainly sooner If you do not do anything. ‘Rose Slumiin ven if you don't have meney, if you ty, you could have it. J only had ‘ambition, that's al ‘Rose alumin Everything 1 made stayed inthe business. I never had a vacation, never went any place, never made parties, Accumulated penny by penny. Sell cheap and tell the truth, don't cheat nobody, ané don’ take no eccbacks, ‘The more [the wholesalers] boycotted me, the harder I worked. ose Slumin {ove the American people ~ the immigrants who went through 2 strugle ‘ose lumiin [At the age of 95.) 1 want to be my own boss. Nobody's going to tell me hat to do Rose alumiin {Born in Minsk, Russia 1895.) 1 dreamed all my Me, since I was six years ld, The first dream of mine was to go to America, they used to have pogroms against the Jews. They'd cut up the pregnant women and take out the kids” Tey'd tear up thelr fathers and fhen have @ dance In the main market. I was six years old when I found out ‘bout that I said, Tm going to America when 1 grow up.” ‘Hosa alumiin [By the age of 26 being a manager supervising six married men and writing toner mother] Bon’ worry about the men, Mammal They al mind mel Rose alumiin \When 1 came to this country I thought Iam the luckiest one inthe worl ose alumin {on not speaking alot of English unlike her husbané when she came to Ameria] 1 was tao dumb. They couldnt drilitim me with a nal The kids teached me, When my Frances started kingergarcen,sne says, "lll snow you what an apple i, what a tablecloth, what kate” ose aluriin [ln her husband's Pawnbroker shop almost gong broke until Rose took‘ver You buy an item for three dollars and sell for $2.20. Ten percent over cost, ose Slumin 0n competitors] I's betta to nave them hate you than to fel sorry for you. ese Alumkin {0m first opening her furiture store but wholesalers not wanting her as @ customer because thelr dealers were complaining she was undercutting ther, Going to another chy to Onda sympathetic supplier but then having terse her own home furnishings to pay af a $2,000 Invoice on 30 days credit from this supper] When my Kies care home, they cred ie somebody wll de. Why T took away the beds and the refrigerator? The vanole house, an empty house? I tole them, ey ware e0 nice to ma] cant stand it not to keep my promised, [Tha right she took a couple of ‘mattresses from te store for the family to slep on.] The next ay 1 Drought ina refrigerator and stove, and the Kis quit rving, ose alumkin [On developing a lasting hatred of big shots.] when you're down they spit fon you. When you start making some colar they start paying atten, Phooey. Who needs them? Give ma the mdale lass and 1 be Nappy. ose dlumin {On what she tole employees after making asa, ] Deliver te before they change ther mings! ose Slumin {When being ruthless with her employees. You worthless golem! You ‘cummy! You lazy! ose Slumiin join the bes*- 15 - 19 April 20: {0m being taken to court by carpet manufacturer who was trying to get them to charge a minimum price when she was selling It at hal the standard price and sert three lawyers to court when she showed up to court alone.) 1 say to the jucge, don't have any money for 3 lawyer because nobody would sell to me, Judge, T sell everything ten percent above cost, what's wrong? Idan't rob my customers. [The ta last anly an hour before the judge threw the case out and the next day, ne went tothe Furniture Mart and Bought $1,400 wort of carpet] Rose Slumiin {on having problems paying suppliers during the war due tothe markst being suppressee I don't xnom what I'm going todo, I can't eat the ‘merenandss ‘Rose Sumiin {0m hiring the Omaha City Aucitorium to make a big sale when she was worried about how to repay a $50,000 90 day loa. This Is TI The Sale of Sales! Shortages? Malarky! We cant eat "em! We must seem! We've been shipped so much merchandise this past 60 days, we have no warenouse oom. Yes, we're overloaded, and now! We cant eat‘ and usually ‘couldnt sell as much in six months, So we've staged the largest sale ever bts type ever held in ths area... 43,000 square fet filed with the mast Unheard of savings of famous brand merchandise, [She sold $250,000, ‘worth of furniture in tne days] From that day [never owed anybody @ pny. If you have the lowest price, they wl find you atthe bottom ofa river. Rose alumin {[0n snowing no sympathy for her supplies as she got slgger] Seven Gollars? We go bankruptcy tomorrow shoulé we pay that {0m working sic and half Gays @ woek.] I mine habit ose Slumkin [0m her home.]fenly use the kitchen and becroom. I can’ wait unt Itgets dayignt, so 1 can get back tothe business. ose Blumkin {0m the half day that she doesn’t work (Sunday afternoons.) traveling with per son Louie drving around town looking at competitars) 1 go shop the windows. Uplan an attack onthe shopkeepers, ehinking, “How much hall fant give tem Rose Slumin {n her work ethic beng inspired by her mother she found when she woke Up once doing laundry and baking bread at 3:00am} She would carry hundred pounds of flour twenty blocks for three cents’ profit I broke my heart ose alumin {0m often putting refugees an immigrants inthe bookkeeping Gepartment.] You don't need Englisn to count ‘Rose Suma {In 1982 on having rejecting several offers to buy her company Including Warren Buffet] who could etfors to buy a store tis big? Rose dlumiin [To Warren Buffett when he fist wanted to buy her store.] Youll try to steal i ose alumiin {To Warren Buffett when she had lined up 2 group of her grandsons and Sonscinlaw ane nephews against a wall and was lecturing ther.) See all these guys next to me? if seit to you, you can fre them. These people are a burch of bums, and they are all folated to me and I can’t fire them, But you can ire them, They're bums, bums, bums. She went on Tike this for an nour Iterlly. The word bums recurred many, many times. Then she ismissed me, Thad served my purpose, ~ ##¢Warron Buffett ose aumuin (To her daughter because she hae acustome.] Empty the baby chest. When 1 made up my mind, I didn't want te wat for nothing, That's mine habit ‘Rosa Blumkin [As a 69 year old criving her three-wheeled golf cart racing around the store yelng at ner employees] You're al god for nothing! T would’ give a nickel forall of you! ‘Rose Sumiin 1 don't change my mind {On Warren Buffet teling her that i was his fity-thirg birthday ater the ‘eal had been done.] You bought an ol well on your birthday. ‘Rose Slumkin (Te graduating seniors at New York University] First, honesty. Second, hard ‘works Next, F you dont get the Job you want right away, tel them you" fake anything If you're good, they'll keep you. ose alumin {0m being asked what her favourite movie was) Too busy. ose slumlin {0 being asked what her favourite cocktal was.] None. 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