Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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.
I'm not looking for sympathy at all.
I think Americans are very patriotic.
I had this child, and it destroyed my family.
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.
I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.
I'm not perfect.
What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.
I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.
For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'
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.
Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.
I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.
I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.
Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.
'I'll be back' always sounded a little girly to me.
Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.
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 would never exchange my life with anybody else's.
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.
I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
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.
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.
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.
We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.
Political courage is not political suicide.
I don't suffer of anything that I've lost.
I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.
People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.
Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.
Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.
When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished.
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.
The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.
I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.
Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.
I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.
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.
As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.
I have inhaled, exhaled everything.
I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.
To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
