Quotes By Arnold Schwarzenegger

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

I don't suffer of anything that I've lost.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

It's time to stop thinking of the Republican Party as an exclusive club where your ideological card is checked at the door, and start thinking about how we can attract more solution-based leaders like Nathan Fletcher and Anthony Adams.

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

I hurt so many people.

Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

I'm not looking for sympathy at all.

What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

I'll be back.

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.