Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" As a father of four, I want our children to enjoy the freedoms and opportunities that are the fruit of progressive values. "

Stephen Pagliuca

Related Quotes:

" I've probably done more venture capital deals and expansion financings than I have done private equity deals. But both are the same. Private equity companies have also built jobs. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" One place I haven't made it to - mainly because it's so far away - is Australia, so I'd love to go there. I've heard great things about Australia and New Zealand. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I'm not for a temporary war tax. We're putting actual dollars in one way or the other, and so if we're gonna look at taxes, we ought to look at a comprehensive tax reform policy. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I'm a Democrat, and I think people who meet me will realize I'm a Democrat. I have progressive Democratic values. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I've always been a Democrat, and I've had different views than Mitt Romney. I'm not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" Instead of being a teacher, I got a job with a company called Bain & Co., consulting firm, and they taught me how to build businesses. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I love Indian food. London also has great Indian food. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there that private equity profits by shrinking companies. In fact, it's just the opposite. Private equity creates value by growing great companies. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" To me it's incontrovertible that investment in people, investment in business, creates jobs; they don't destroy jobs. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" My grandfather was a shoemaker who worked in a shoe factory. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" We need someone in Washington who knows how to build jobs from the ground up. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to - to corporate loopholes, because we really need to raise more revenue. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" My favorite foods are things that aren't great to eat, like pizza. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" Boston is really a small town, and the pro sports here are almost like a college sport. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" Part of America is we've always had people that can get things done. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm in terms of political views. But what we do is we sit down and we try to solve the problems. "

Stephen Pagliuca

" I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist. "

Stephen Pagliuca