Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes - Page 6

I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

You never want to fail because you didn't work hard enough.

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

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.

It doesn't matter what party you come from. The key thing is that you work on behalf of the people rather than on behalf of the party.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento I will pump up Sacramento.

I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.

Every year I make a plan. I do it. It will be done.

I hurt so many people.

I do not make decisions [as governor] based on what have I learned through my Bible studies, what have I learned in my religious classes in school. I'm a big believer in separation of church and state, and I think that's what . . . the law is.

The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy.

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

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

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.

Political courage is not political suicide.

The more knowledge you have, the more you're free to rely on your instincts.

The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular shirts-not always trying to show off what you have. You talk less about it. It's like you have a little BMW - you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it's just going 110. But if you see guys driving a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. These things are the same in every field.

Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold’s - the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train - there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together.

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

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

All exercises that you do with your own bodyweight are great.

My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.

My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport.

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

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