John Lister Quotations

It didn't take 2,000 years to develop the process of making bread for us to bin it without consequences.

Using these terms in daily business is about as professional as wearing a novelty tie or having a wacky ringtone on your phone,

We have always believed the Navy has played a part in what we do and we are happy to have them there. We are not in the business of making money. We are in the business of youth development and these guys are youth,

When readers or listeners come across these tired expressions, they start tuning out and completely miss the message -- assuming there is one,

We wanted a lot of activity and a lot of life on the outside of the building. We thought that this is a project that will expand the downtown down Market Street. This was the next big jump.

The workplace is probably the most important area for plain English,

A problem with a lot of job titles is that people focus on where the person will fit in, rather than concentrating on what the person is actually going to be doing,

It is where we spend the most time during the week, and it is the place most of our formal communication takes place.