25 Quotes by John Koskinen

Let me put to rest the rumor that missiles are going to be flying everywhere by accident.

It doesn't mean the system is going to shut down, but in a lot of cases it means people are going to have to go to manual processes, which may slow, to some extent, emergency response.

It is far too early to declare victory. We have a lot of systems and a lot of countries to go through yet before we'll see what the actual impact has been of the transition.

That will actually look fairly interesting on a T-shirt.

We've made it look too easy in many ways because it has been the success it has. Maybe we did our job too well.

We will encourage communities to bring in principals from hospitals, emergency response services the local banking communities and other services and to engage with the public in a dialogue about what to expect. My goal is to have the public know as much about this issue as I know.

We will not have champagne, but we will try to make sure people can at least take a moment to pause while we enter the new millennium. Everybody will be working hard to see how the country is making the transition.

We think the basic infrastructure in the country is going to be in very good shape, banking, finance, telecommunications, electric power, air and rail transportation.

We think the adequacy of health care will be fine. You'll get good treatment wherever you go.