Stephen Pagliuca quotes:

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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