95 Quotes by John Prescott

It's great to be back on terra cotta

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.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government.

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.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement – and we mean to build on it.

It’s great to be back on terra cotta.

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I’m anything else than middle class now.

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.

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.