JOHN CATSIMATIDIS

My life would be better without Gristedes.

I'm not ashamed of being successful. You know, they criticized Romney for being ashamed of it. I think we've got to inspire our kids that we shouldn't be ashamed to be successful.

We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.

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

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

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

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

I'm a New York businessman.

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

I'm a Bill Clinton social Republican.

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.

The Fresh Direct model doesn't work.

I want to inspire people.

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

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

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

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

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

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

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

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 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.

I just want to reflect the respect I have for animals.

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?