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.

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

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.

Boston and America is really resilient.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Most relationships probably start with people going, 'Meh, it's probably best not to be embarking in this relationship.' We do it, though, because our brains are wired to make babies or whatever.

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.