“The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.” PeopleNeedsShouldConsumptionAusterityPetroleum Author:Veerappa Moily
“Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then credit spreads widen out - even if a country can print its own currency and write its own cheques.” IfsWantWritingCountryGrowthToo MuchSpreadCreditPrintInvestorsCurrencyEquityRecessionsStagnationAusterityCheques Author:Bill Gross
“You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.” PeopleWantYoungYouthEssenceCivilityAusterity Book:Tartuffe and Other Plays Source: Tartuffe and Other Plays
“A hot bath! How exquisite a vespertine pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigours, the austerities, the renunciations of the day.” FreedomPleasureHotConsolationBathsExquisiteRenunciationLuxuriousAusterityHot BathsRigour Book:Personal Pleasures Source: Personal Pleasures
“Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.” LongHomeGovernmentRunningPastEconomyTaxesPerformancesRaisesSpendingLong RunsGovernment SpendingAusterityPast Experiences Author:Mark Zandi
“The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect.” LinesEconomyEffectsSimplicityShopsEleganceTouristsAusterity Book:The Stones of Florence Source: The Stones of Florence
“Let our lives be firmly rooted in Truth. Abstain from lies. In this dark age of materialism, adherence to truth is the greatest austerity. We might have to tell lies now and then to protect somebody or to sustain dharma, but we must be careful not to speak lies for our own selfish purposes.” MightAgeSpiritualLife IsLyingPurposeSpeakDarkOur LivesTruth IsProtectCarefulSelfishMaterialismBe CarefulSpiritual LifeRootedNow And ThenDharmaDark AgesAusterityAdherence Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“With the exception of very few who have gained higher spiritual tendencies in prior lives, Self-realization is not possible for anyone without the blessings of a guru. Think of the guru as the manifestation of God in this world. Take even the most insignificant word of the guru as an order and obey it. That is the real service to the guru. There is no greater austerity. The guru's blessings flow automatically to any obedient disciple. That is the real service to the guru.” ThinkingWorldRealSelfSpiritualOrderGreaterThis WorldHigherBlessingFlowSelf RealizationTendenciesRealizationManifestationExceptionDiscipleInsignificantGuruObedientAusterity Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“If the factory people outside the colleges live under the discipline of narrow means, the people inside live under almost every other kind of discipline except that of narrow means -- from the fruity austerities of learning, through the iron rations of English gentlemanhood, down to the modest disadvantages of occupying cold stone buildings without central heating and having to cross two or three quadrangles to take a bath.” PeopleIfsKindMeanTwoThreeEducationBuildingCollegeColdDisciplineStonesCrossesIronFactoriesModestBathsDisadvantagesAusterityHeatingRations Author:Margaret Halsey
“A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount of debt restructuring, and there is a certain amount of printing of money. When done in the right mix, it isn't dramatic.” DoneBeautifulCertainThreeAmountBalanceDebtDramaticPrintingAusterityRestructuring Author:Ray Dalio