In almost every instance, air and water quality goals were met more cheaply and quickly when we taxed pollution than when we tried to regulate it directly.

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.

A flat tax is roughly the same as a sales tax.

Every group spends more when its income grows.

Once firms had to pay to pollute, they became incredibly inventive at figuring out cheaper ways to eliminate their SO2 emissions.

Ever since the Great Depression, economists have known that demand shortages tend to persist in the wake of severe financial crises like the ones that happened in 1929 and 2008.

People do incredibly stupid things when they are frightened

You can be happy even if your bones are broken, but no man is happy when his heart is heavy.

I ran away for a couple years just to prove I've hever been free.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul

You ever wonder when God's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

When you stop your thoughts, you stop the world.

To be content with death may be better than to desire it.

I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and I do know from what my parents tell me that I was always interested in art, although not very good at it.