Jeff Greene Quotes

I'm a trader. Under the right circumstances, I'd consider a new boat. I'm not ruling it out.

When I get to Washington, the people of Florida are going to know I'm not going to spend my first year having fundraisers to pay off a campaign debt.

Nobody can buy Jeff Greene. Nobody ever has. Nobody ever will.

It is kind of a problem in America that so many Americans believe if they elect a different president, everything is going to be fine.

If you think about $7.25 an hour, that's $290 a week. It's inhumane to have that kind of wage.

My early windfall was a result of the excesses of the S&L era.

I'll spend whatever it takes to get my message out and to be competitive with these career politicians. I'm not going to take a penny of special interest money.

If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.

America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.

I've got a huge, huge position in mortgage-backed securities. I started accumulating them in 2009, when the market was really down and things were really scary.

If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today, because people want to get fixed-rate 30-year loans, but banks don't want to keep 30-year loans on their books.

I was able to use credit default swaps to protect not only my investments but the hundreds of jobs that exist because of my investment. I understand the dangers of credit default swaps and the benefits of credit default swaps.

In real estate, you make 10% of your money because you're a genius and 90% because you catch a great wave.

I had all this success and made all this money, but I didn't have anyone to share it with.

There are all these people in this country who are just not participating in the American Dream at all.

Let's not forget we created that ideal middle class by destroying all of our industrial competitors during World War II.

Having money is great. It's fun. The more the better.

Do we have to regulate derivatives? Yes, we do. 'Cause when I did this in my investments, frankly, no one knew who could pay who. But derivatives have an important place in our economy.

I'm not interested in owning a bunch of driveways.

I've been a friend to people who may not have had perfect pasts.

Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.

The global equalization of wages and the exponential growth in technology has created a job-killing machine that's only going to get worse.

I tend to be pretty conservative in the way I spend money.

I'm always signing blank deeds. That's how an escrow company works.