Generally speaking, you like to dance with the girl that brung you, and if you can't sometimes you have to shoot her.

- David Bonderman

When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity.

- David Bonderman

For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and very quickly about different businesses. So it…

- David Bonderman

Nobody in my generation ever started out in private equity. We got there by accident. There was no private equity business - actually, the word didn'…

- David Bonderman

Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.

- David Bonderman

Private equity capital in each of those markets Europe and Asia - while those markets have very different characteristics - fills a niche where eithe…

- David Bonderman

A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.

- David Bonderman

I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and someday I hope to s…

- David Bonderman

Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street.

- David Bonderman