Quotes About Austerity

Shaker pieces were not to show off. One was not to waste energy to decorate.

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.

With neoliberalism discredited and austerity failed, we need to rewrite the rules of the economy once again. But this time in the right way. We need rules that focus on long-term economic growth, and the only kind of sustainable prosperity is shared prosperity.

Systematic social and environmental deregulation, and the economics of austerity while enriching the rich, will be the markers of Farage/Tory politics after Brexit. Singapore-on-Sea for the rich; degradation for the rest.

He lived on frankness and economy.

Nosotros creemos estar experimentando la austeridad, pero no conocemos el significado de la palabra.

The devil hates our laughter. "Joy," C. S. Lewis's demon, Screwtape, writes to his nephew, "is a disgusting and a direct assault to the realism, dignity and austerity of hell.

No matter where you go, management is always a bunch of cheap bastards.

Anyone who loves us Ahlul Bayt must be ready to face a life of austerity.

There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.

Food is a weapon in austerity Britain. Hunger, the threat of and the reality of, is used to coerce and control.

I eventually turned the fridge and freezer off - they were empty anyway - and the boiler, desperate to save money, shocking myself awake in the morning with the shortest, coldest showers, and boiling a kettle of water twice a week to bath my young son.

European officials thought that austerity was part of what they called their 'convergence policies,' of trying to bring countries together. Instead, it actually made things worse. There's more inequality within countries and more disparity across countries.

Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning.

'Austerity' is a real weasel word because it's an attempt to make something value-based and abstract out of something which, in reality, consists simply of spending cuts.

More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.

I like living sparsely. In the main room, there's no furniture - no tables, no chairs, no coffee table - not even a decaffeinated coffee table.

The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper.

To me there is an intimate relationship between austerity and more lush aesthetics. They're two faces of the same coin.

In times like these, who had either the leisure or the inclination to indulge in a touch of elegance?

Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of all of Europe and the other problems that Europe has.

Every rough sleeper is the product of political decisions that have created a safety net riddled with gaping holes. No one wants to sleep outdoors in sub-zero temperatures, but far too many will, while politicians continue to cut welfare provision and bludgeon councils with austeritymeasures.