The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.

- Abraham Kuyper

I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s.

- David Hockney

The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.

- Douglas Alexander

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

- Francois Hollande

Sinn Fein will not do Tory austerity.

- Martin McGuinness

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.

- Veerappa Moily