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Lumps Quotes

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

John Maynard Keynes (1982). “Activities 1931-1939: world crises and policies in Britain and America”

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Dr. Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull (1969). “THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG”

Get up, you useless lump, get up!

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, p.26, Pottermore

Credit expansion can bring about a temporary boom. But such a fictitious prosperity must end in a general depression of trade, a slump.

Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.486, VM eBooks

Long before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition.

Mark Steyn (2012). “After America: Get Ready for Armageddon”, p.36, Regnery Publishing