John Catsimatidis

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

— John Catsimatidis

I love people. I enjoy people.

— John Catsimatidis

Material things don't matter.

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

I could have beat Obama.

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.

— John Catsimatidis

I respect John Kennedy for saying that he had a dream that we'd go to the moon before the end of the…

— John Catsimatidis

My life would be better without Gristedes.

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

I am a real New Yorker... I didn't go to Harvard, I didn't go to Yale... I rooted for the Yankees; I…

— John Catsimatidis

We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.

— John Catsimatidis

I made a ton of money.

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

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

— John Catsimatidis

I'm not a Johnny-come-lately Jew. I've been around. I watch out for the Jews; I watch out for the Catholics.

— John Catsimatidis

The Fresh Direct model doesn't work.

— John Catsimatidis

I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.

— John Catsimatidis

What transpired at Semgroup was no less than a $500 billion fraud on the people of the world.

— John Catsimatidis

Pizza is no longer on my diet.

— John Catsimatidis