Quotes About Austerity

First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to austerity if it is not accompanied by other policies.

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their taxes are used to bail out governments on the other side of the continent.

The Watersons' polyphonic austerity refreshed the sound of modern folk in Britain to the extent that publications as diverse as Sing, Melody Maker and Gramophone all praised Frost and Fire to the stars, while BBC Two commissioned a documentary on the group, Travelling for a Living, aired in 1966.

In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.

The world has conducted a massive macro-economic experiment since the cataclysm of 2008. In Europe, the fans of austerity have had their chance, and the results have been a disaster.

I don't listen to music. I don't watch television, I don't read.

polite with dignity, affable without formality, distant without haughtiness, grave without austerity

She typically erred on the side of severity.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

In Michelangelo was realized the grandeur of Italy struggling vainly against crushing oppression. He expressed that which was highest in it, reflecting the loftiest side of its idealism mingled with deep pessimism in his survey over life; for, wrapped in austerity, he saw mankind in heroic terms of sadness.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Simplicity is the peak of civilization.

L'austérité est une bonne arme contre ces moments de cafard qui changent ton âme en égout. Pour commencer, c'est toi qui reprends le contrôle, même s'il y'a des chances pour que ce ne soit que pure illusion. Ca aide au moins à limiter les dégâts, peut-être pas pour soi mais pour son entourage.

She's nowt spesh, didn't even have any ornaments. All her walls were painted white, no wallpaper, just black and white photos in black frames, big things they were. There was no carpet on the floor, bare floorboards and she could only afford to have one flower in a vase. Who buys just one flower Lil? Bit of a cheapskate if you ask me. All top show and no knickers, I reckon.

What surprises me about living here is that, no matter how much is taken out, this linoleum palace continues to contain all the necessities for life, at the same time as it refuses to admit a single thing, either accidentally or arranged, of beauty or joy. In this, I think, it is much like East Germany itself.

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

Prosperity should be our goal, not austerity.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

In difficult economic times, I'm firmly opposed to austerity.

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing that.

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.'

Joyce for all his devotion to his art, terrible in its austerity, was a lad born with a song on one side of him, a dance on the other; two gay guardian angels every human ought to have.