"The private equity firms are extremely flush with cash, financing and funding is very, very attractive and so you’re seeing the amount of activity that’s being driven by private equity firms increasing. I think that will continue for a period of time, but the levels at which it’s running I don’t think are long-term sustainable."

David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, in a recent interview with Lananh Nguyen of The New York Times for its story, “Wall Street Sees a Record Deal Spree as a Reason for Optimism”