Jeff Greene

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

“My wife and I, we don't leave the house; we have dinner at home.”

“I've been a job creator. I've worked in the economy myself.”

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

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

“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.”

“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 always signing blank deeds. That's how an escrow company works.”

“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.”

“I have accused L.B. Management of failing to report to me, and I've told L.B. Management the money is missing, and it could very well be embezzled.”

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

“I like lots of career politicians; I'm not against all career politicians.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“When you're on a boat, you're going to little islands and stuff. It's not a partying kind of thing.”

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