Quotes By Arnold Schwarzenegger

I have inhaled, exhaled everything.

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

One of my movies was called "True Lies." It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you're covered and there's not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.