Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

“Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow body­builders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world.”

“You have to do everything possible to win no matter what.”

“Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now”

“I'm not on a health kick. I know I should take vitamins, for example, but I forget half the time. I just can't be bothered carrying around a lot of little bottles.”

“I'll be back always sounded a little girly to me.”

“I think that one-liners are very important and sometimes you don't even know when you're making the movie that it's going to be a great line. I remember when we did 'The Terminator' and I came to the line "I'll be back" I had no idea that it was going to be an important line.”

“You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself.”

“"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence. I'd always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it.”

“I have a good sense of my body in a bathing suit around people who appreciate what I'm doing, like a contest. Then I'm proud. On television I am proud. But on a beach most people are not experts. The general public doesn't know how to look. How proud can you be when they don't even know what they're looking at?”

“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.”

“You can't tell a kid that it's time to exercise; that's a turn-off...you have to say 'Let's go to the park and have some fun.' Then you get them to do some running, play on the swings, practice on the balance beam, basically get a full workout disguised as play.”

“Politics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if you haven't made the bed and if you don't get the food on the table, I will go and just hire someone and you will become irrelevant. That is not how you make a marriage work.”

“In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.”

“Obviously, I've made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that's the way I always was.”

“People who say "it is impossible", should not interrupt those who are trying to make it possible.”

“Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.”

“I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.”

“The message I am trying to get across is exactly this: Protecting the environment does not require us to be against large SUVs or trucks. Instead we should develop technology to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because that is where the action is - it's not about what the size of the car is.”

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

“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 was delighted to be able to do the movie ["Terminator: Genisys"] without getting exhausted or feeling old or tired or anything like this. I felt I was in great shape and I felt really young.”

“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.”

“I think that the only way that you really keep it a secret is by not telling anyone.”

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

“Always have one possibility in mind and that is to go to the top, to be the best. Everything else should just be a means to that end.”