Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the… — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
“In the individualistic austerity there always exists an ‘ego’. But in universalism everybody is same and one. Everybody is suitable and has… — Sri Jibankrishna or Diamond Copy Share Image
Plato feels that ethical abstinences and austerities are essential preconditions for the cleansing and opening of the eye of the soul. — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time. — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
Our civilization has fallen out of touch with night. With lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the… — Henry Beston Copy Share Image
Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us. — Veerappa Moily Copy Share Image
Zen, on the other hand, is not so dogmatically sterile, though there are certainly traces and more than traces of this austerity.… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“...the centrality of competitiveness as the key to growth is a recurrent EU motif. Two decades of EC directives on increasing competition… — Mark Blyth Copy Share Image
The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as… — John Brown Copy Share Image
First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end,… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
“Is this a holy thing to see, In a rich and fruitful land, Babes reduced to misery, Feed with cold and usurous… — William Blake Copy Share Image
To me there is an intimate relationship between austerity and more lush aesthetics. They're two faces of the same coin. — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Pope Francis has stressed humility and austerity - a far cry, according to many, from the predecessor's bling and Ferragamo shoes -… — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
In the neuter austerity of that terrain all phenomena were bequeathed a strange equality and no one thing nor spider nor stone… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's true that mostly in the last years, from the moment when Portugal was subjected to this policy of austerity, imposed by… — Miguel Gomes Copy Share Image
Having done a Dogme film taught me the beauty of simplicity and austerity. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
