Inflation Quotes

I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I’ve saved all year.

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

The nation is prosperpus on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?

There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is, they cost a quarter. What the country really needs is a good five-cent nickel.

Imagine believing in the control of inflation by curbing the money supply! That is like deciding to stop your dog fouling the sidewalk by plugging up its rear end. It is highly unlikely to succeed, but if it does it kills the hound.

I wasn’t affected by inflation – I had nothing to inflate.

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.