Alan Johnson Quotations

We're doing in 90 days what would normally take up to a year or longer. We know there are going to be failures, but we aim to fail early in the process and then fix the problems. We're sticking very clearly to industry standards and testing everything from day one.

We need people like me in the Labour party.

Rumors of coal's demise may have been greatly exaggerated.

The past is history; The future is a mystery; This moment is a gift; That is why this moment is called the present; Enjoy it.

The Government's first priority on coming to office was to secure long-term economic stability and put an end to the damaging cycle of boom and bust.

When the tides come in, all boats rise. Thousands make $1 million or more, and then there are lots of people who get $10,000. Everyone gets something, but it is by no means equitable.

Monthly sales of horse treats have increased from 50 of the former 40-lb paper bags to more than 600 of the new 20-lb oriented polypropylene bags since we switched to the new bags.

political, environmental and economic issue of our time.

Getting a client who has built up liquid assets of, say, one million dollars to pay an annual, upfront fee of $10,000 is a much harder sell than the $400- to $500-per-trade transaction. The client has to be convinced of the value-added.

Given the right support most people claiming incapacity benefits can be helped back to work, ... Now we've brought down unemployment to a 30-year low and have half a million vacancies in the economy there's no reason for all this talent and potential to go to waste.

He hasn't made that decision. The only decision the prime minister has made is that he has to make a decision ... within this parliament, ... I come to this completely neutral on nuclear.

We're often kind and benevolent to senior executives who fail,

Having the Blazers in Portland is important to the whole region and the state. The economic impact the Blazers organization has is very significant. And when you think about their payroll and what taxes they pay locally, it's a huge factor.

It is good news that 4,000 ex-Rover employees are back in work, but there is still a lot of work to do. Our aim is that the remainder will also soon be back in work.

Overall, we had a good showing. And we're young. We're doing really well.

Some of the leverage has moved from the employer to the employee.

Looking ahead to 2006, most firms plan to hire strategically as concerns linger over rising interest rates, high energy prices and geo-political events,

It is difficult today to be a professional athlete. It's difficult when you're charged with this for anyone, but especially difficult if you are a professional athlete,

I would like to thank Adair Turner and his fellow commissioners for their thorough analysis of this important issue. The Commission has had a hard look at the pension system in the UK, and has set out the stark challenges we all face in providing for increasingly long retirements. This report brings home the message the Government first highlighted in the 2002 Green Paper; that people must either save more or work longer.

We can all argue how we value CEOs and if their pay makes sense. But we chronically overvalue CEOs. Until that's addressed, higher pay will continue.

We can't put our head in the sand and ignore it. By the time we emerge, our world will have changed beyond recognition, and the UK would be lost in the slipstream.

We are showing how determined we are to crack down on the distress nuisance calls cause the public.

We believe in global champions, not local champions.

While the fourth quarter may show signs of weakness, most firms are far enough into their fiscal year and business cycle to avoid any widespread negative impact on 2005 results.

The public has a vested interest in being sure that public employees are carrying out their duties in a professional way. In some of the cases, we received the entire file and then in others we didn't get anything. That has the appearance that there's a different standard for different types of employees.

We were thinking Wall Street would be flattish for the year, but we fortunately may have undershot.

We found there was no one shape or size.

At the moment it is looking more like a 10 percent reduction by 2010.

Corporate America has not signaled that they are not going to pay themselves.

The timing couldn't have been worse. If gas were $1.31 a gallon, it wouldn't have been much of a story. It's an embarrassment.

The spurt in world oil prices is totally unjustified as the oil producing nations are exploiting high growth rates in India and China.

Real estate was always No. 1. You can spend a lifetime just moving up the real estate ladder.

Rather than rest being the best remedy for back pain, for example, research now shows it can actually delay recovery and make things worse. Advising patients to stay active can help them get back to work and on with their life.

Often a patient will think they want a sicknote, when the best advice a critical friend can give might not meet their initial expectations,

Ageism hits younger people too, who can find themselves discriminated against in the jobs market. For business to thrive in an increasingly competitive market, it must not ignore the skills of any worker, whatever their age. The regulations give younger workers new protection too.

Companies have tried to avoid negotiations, but it's in your interest to start them as the employee -- even if it'll make the large company cringe,

Coal has had a resurgence -- it will be a major aspect of the energy review.

The British government was disappointed that the meeting did not make more progress but relieved it did not end in failure like Cancun and Seattle.

This investment will contribute towards the renaissance of Hull which is already under well under way.

You don't see them like this every day, do you? I pretty much bought it the way it is but cleaned it up real good.

ACOA has come under some harsh criticism. By putting it under the watchful eye of a progressive MP like Mr. MacKay, we can only be confident about its continuation.

The better we know her, the better we can serve her needs.

The fear that O'Neal probably has is complacency. He's sending a message that as hard as it is to do, they've got to step it up.

If you've got brothers, it's something they can do together. Everybody can go out and just hit together.

Call this Son of Herbie. It sounds like a pretty good idea. There's not usually a lot of creativity in this space.

I don't mean it in a bad way, but my intentions aren't to be here for a full season. I want to move. I'm not a top five round kind of guy, so I feel like whenever I come out, I have even more to prove. If I have an average outing, it's kind of overlooked. Every outing I go out, I got to do my best.

Comfort level is a big deal. You don't have to get to know anybody new or learn personalities. Plus, you already know what he's going to tell you.

For people who are able to work again, a job can be itself an important step in the road to recovery and rehabilitation.

These kids are all good. Half of them come from our local club.

The forthcoming White Paper on public health will recognize the beneficial role some work can have in helping people recover from illnesses or disease. And it will emphasize the damaging effects of being out of work -- urging the NHS to see return to work as the norm.

The case raises important issues that affect the public's right to know and the government's ability to use the attorney-client privilege as a shield to deny access to documents that reflect its operations at the highest levels.