“In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax ...” — Arthur Laffer Quote

In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax increases. There's also a tax increase coming in 2010 on carried interest. This rate will rise from its current level of 15 percent to 35 percent, and then it will rise again in 2011.

People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies.

My godfather was a man named Justin Dart. Some of you may remember Justin Dart. My younger son's name is Justin, named after Justin Dart. I was executor of his estate, and he was my godfather. I first really got time to spend with Ronald Reagan with Justin Dart personally, one-on-one.

Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital.

I love singing, 'I would leave if only I could find a reason,' because it just fits everything I'm doing. I would stop touring. I should stop touring. I'm tired, but I can't. There's no real reason to stop these things, and I feel like I'm just being carried on this wave.

This Oscar Pistorius business is interesting. There is this cult of carrying lots of guns and being ready to shoot somebody. There were people I knew had guns and carried them openly around Johannesburg. It is frowned on now to carry a gun, but Pistorius and co. got away with it.

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.