David Bonderman Quotes

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

If you really think about the fabric of the United States, or the finance of any economy, finance is a true underpinning of what makes the economy great - if it can be done successfully, responsibly, and with a client orientation.

Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy.

To get our economy back on track and keep it functioning properly without the problems of our financial institutions, we need reasonable regulations that will protect Main Street while at the same time allow Wall Street to do what it does best - make money for American investors.

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

Business follows the flag …. Where there is stability and security, there is likely to be investment.

The Wall Street crash doesn't mean that there will be any general or serious business depression... For six years American business has been diverting a substantial part of its attention, its energies and its resources on the speculative game... Now that irrelevant, alien and hazardous adventure is over. Business has come home again, back to its job, providentially unscathed, sound in wind and limb, financially stronger than ever before.

The companies that choose to list on Nasdaq are among the most innovative, risk-taking businesses in the world, and they are proof to us all that prudent risk-taking drives our economy forward.

Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb.

My view is the core engine supporting India's growth aspiration will be the financial sector, which will have to get more efficient.

There is much more good gained from having a fully functioning financial market than there ever is not having that.

Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States so long as they conform to their laws and are found to be safe and beneficial.

For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.

I'm primarily just an investor.

For a number of major companies, if you can't access the commercial markets, you can't fund your business. That's a big problem. You can't pay your bills.

Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating investment funds among firms.

It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that?

Serbia is open for business.

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.

Since ours is an economy based on growth through risk-taking, we should provide encouragement not only for saving but for prudent investment of those savings.

Canada is open for business.

The best way to become wealthy is through trade

This great country cannot be permanently kept in a state of relapse. I believe we will reoccupy the field temporarily lost to us, and go out to the peaceful conquest of new and greater fields of trade and commerce. The recovery will come slowly, perhaps, but it will come, and when it does we will be steadier and will better know how to avoid exposure hereafter.

… there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money