Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

“To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: Don't be economic girlie men!”

“I don't mind looking foolish but it's just that I'm so bad at singing. The only time people ask me to sing is if they want the party to stop. If they want everyone to go home. Immediately.”

“I never listen that you can't.”

“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.”

“As a kid I always idolized the winning athletes. It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize yourself in their place. When I saw great people, I said to myself: I can be there.”

“This is the only place that I don't feel out of place, because everyone here is out of place.”

“My wife (Maria) is the best reason to come home.”

“I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything.”

“All of our deeply held dreams and aspirations require us to build on our common bonds.”

“The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.”

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

“If it can bleed, we can kill it.”

“When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.”

“When I was 15-years-old, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I would need twenty-inch arms to match the rest of me.”

“I have rarely seen the government do anything that was effective.”

“Normal people can be happy with a regular life, but there is more to life than just plodding through an average existence.”

“If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.”

“Sometimes you do know, in 'Commando' when I said 'I lied', I knew that it was going to be a funny line. I've never had a bad line.”

“We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren.”

“My only rule is to keep moving, for a pump and cardio at the same time. Rest as little as possible. After an hour, you will feel fantastic and your muscles won't know what hit them.”

“People are always making a fuss over my $15-20-million salaries. Believe me, the amount is meaningless once my wife, Maria, finds out about it. She's already spent half of my salary from Terminator 7!”

“What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys.”

“I've seen firsthand coming here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of desire, full of will to succeed, but with the opportunities that I had, I could make it. This is why we have to get back and bring California back to where it once was.”

“When I was 15 years old I felt totally confident I would become a world champion and the greatest bodybuilder in the world. The same was true of show business - I knew that one day I would make more money than anyone else in the industry and I did. For that you need the willingness to work and do everything it takes to make the vision turn into reality.”

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