John Prescott Quotes

I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.
John Prescott

Important, Thought, Two

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

God, Thank, Table

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

Government, Moving, Quite

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.
John Prescott

Moving, Direction, Decline

Refurbishing I've done in the first three years and I'm still giving housing money, of course, to the north.
John Prescott

Money, Giving, Done

She's not forgiven me, but we have a wonderful life from our family and that's the nature and quality of that woman that she can say that.
John Prescott

Life, Family, Nature

That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.
John Prescott

Government, Making, Central

The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.
John Prescott

Between, Choice, Might

There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.
John Prescott

Two, Place, Progress

We've given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot.
John Prescott

Resources, Pot, Regional

All I could feel was this warm liquid running down my neck. You automatically think it's blood, it's all in split seconds, so I decided to say I didn't agree with him.
John Prescott

Him, Down, Blood

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

Done, Down, Find

From 1997 when we came in, you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didn't get rid of the second car, did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway.
John Prescott

Car, Public, Growth

I see this fella built like a barn door... and there's all these fox hunters, who didn't like me, screaming and shouting and as I walked past him I looked at him and he hit me with something.
John Prescott

Past, Him, Door

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

Wealth, National, Greater

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

Family, Mother, Father

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

Quite, Moved, Twenty

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

Give, Sense, Themselves

Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my age and build could be suffering from bulimia nervosa, but that's what the consultant said I had.
John Prescott

Age, Thinking, Thought

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

Feeling, Sick, Old

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

Work, Food, Break

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

Said, Happened, Yes

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, Said, Happened

We are making the fundamental changes. It was like the decent housing target. We said by 2010, we'd have taken a million houses and refurbished them into decent housing.
John Prescott

Said, Making, Changes

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

Public, Took, Needed

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Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: May 31, 1938

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