John Prescott famous quotes

04-17-2025

It's great to be back on terra cotta
-- John Prescott
He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]
-- John Prescott
When I see that man on the telly - 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?' No! I'm definitely not! I find most of it quite offensive!
-- John Prescott

#Men #Thinking #Offensive
The only break I ever took was to eat. That's all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food.
-- John Prescott

#Comfort #Pleasure #Break
So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full.
-- John Prescott

#Sick #Feelings #Chocolate
There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.
-- John Prescott

#Order #Blair #Said
There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.
-- John Prescott

#Home #Opportunity #Way
I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.
-- John Prescott

#Class #Middle #Middle Class
I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.
-- John Prescott

#Journey #Order #Years
The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.
-- John Prescott

#Mean #Achievement #Green
Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?
-- John Prescott

#Silly #Hair #Wife
We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.
-- John Prescott

#Authority #Force #Coalitions
This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February ...
-- John Prescott

#Thinking #Facts #February
We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.
-- John Prescott

#Believe #House #Pounds
I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.
-- John Prescott

#Thank God #Tables
What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.
-- John Prescott

#Energy #Environment #Economics
Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government
-- John Prescott

#Love #Family #Happiness
Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done.
-- John Prescott

#Land #Done #Demand
I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.
-- John Prescott

#East #Wealth #Economy
I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.
-- John Prescott

#Mother #Father #People
If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.
-- John Prescott

#Years #Twenties #Looks
In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.
-- John Prescott

#Moving #Government #Office
In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.
-- John Prescott

#Agency #Giving #Looks
It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.
-- John Prescott

#Moving #Administration #Decline
I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country.
-- John Prescott

#Mother #Country #School

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