Catsimatidis Cox Quotes & Sayings

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

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

I care about making New York better. — John Catsimatidis

I'm the same businessman Donald Trump is. — John Catsimatidis

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. — John Catsimatidis

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then. — John Catsimatidis

America always recovers. — John Catsimatidis

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

I could be like Joe Kennedy and say, 'My kids are going to run for president!' — John Catsimatidis

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

We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed. — John Catsimatidis

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years. — 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

I made a ton of money. — John Catsimatidis

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

Material things don't matter. — John Catsimatidis

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

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

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire. — John Catsimatidis

I just want to reflect the respect I have for animals. — John Catsimatidis

The Fresh Direct model doesn't work. — John Catsimatidis

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

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. — John Catsimatidis

The media doesn't always reflect reality. — John Catsimatidis

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression. — John Catsimatidis

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

Anytime you cut food stamps, it naturally affects sales. People spend less. — 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