John Catsimatidis Quotes

Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.

I love people. I enjoy people.

I'm the same businessman Donald Trump is.

There are two New Yorks - Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't.

All my life, I've been winning, ok?

I could have beat Obama.

When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices.

What's worse than getting divorced?

Americans like buying American vs. buying from Chavez or buying from the Middle East.

In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.

You have to work at everything. You've got to make it work.

Bill Clinton told me that when he was 14, he shook John Kennedy's hand, and that inspired him to be president.

Pizza is no longer on my diet.

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

Everyone - whether it's the Jews, the Greeks, the Catholics - everybody is entitled to religious beliefs and entitled to their traditions.

I'm a New York businessman.

My life would be better without Gristedes.

I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.

New York is for everybody; it's for the poor, it's for the middle-class, it's for the wealthy. We can't punish any one group and chase them away.

It is tough that a lot of kids have single-family homes.

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

My father died in '97. But at least he lived until 93, so he saw my success.

The Fresh Direct model doesn't work.

People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

The media doesn't always reflect reality.

I'm a Bill Clinton social Republican.

I promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

Grocery stores can't afford to pay $80 a square foot. At that rate, we are going out of business.

America always recovers.

I have a love factor with the minorities.

As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.

It will be almost impossible for any other candidate to raise the money that the Clintons can raise.

The reason I grew so fast in the supermarket business, without help of the banks in those days, was through my vendors. I convinced my vendors, the companies I was doing business with, if I did more business, they would do more business.

I want to inspire people.

I care about making New York better.

I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.