Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes (245 Quotes)

We have told them this morning that we will do that, ... We will have places for them and we will make sure they get treated the right way and get started again in their lives.

Of course I'm bloodied, ... but unbowed.... It makes no difference the attacks they have on me. This is not about me. This is about reforming California.

As I said when you elected me two years ago, there is a massive weight we must lift in our state and alone, I cannot lift it. Together we can. Now, I need you again to reform the system. I have a great vision for California.

The message we got was very clear, ... The people want us to take care of the job right here in this building and not go to them if things don't work out.

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I think if you expect change from one day to the next it won't happen, ... Because obviously the Chinese are looking at Russia and they made a big mistake. They made changes from one day to the next and the whole thing did not turn out as successful.

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.

There is enough room and enough audience to have two teams. We just have to all work together and make it happen.

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

should be a wake-up call to us all that more generation and more transmission are badly needed and this reform will help achieve those goals.

I walked down the aisle as Conan the Barbarian and walked back up again as Arnold the Meek.

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.

It just shows that in California, even a mansion can get a facelift,

Of course, I'm bloodied, yes. But unbowed, ... I made a promise to California that I will fix a broken system. And I will do everything I can, and it makes no difference how many attacks they have on me, because remember one thing that this, what we are doing here, is much bigger than me.

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.

I do not believe the legislature can reverse an initiative approved by the people of California,

I will do everything in my power to preserve this new law and I urge the attorney general to mount a vigorous defense of California's ability to prevent the sale of these games to children,

anywhere in the nation.

The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

China's demand for California's products, innovation and expertise is a key driver of job growth in California,

The possibility is there because I feel it inside. I feel there are a lot of people in politics that are standing still and not doing enough. And there's a vacuum. Therefore, I can move in.

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.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom who sanctioned same-sex marriages in his city in 2004 before the state Supreme Court voided them (see California Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriages Null And Void ... a golden opportunity to stand on history and do something that was noble and appropriate. ... It disappoints me greatly, and it will disappoint literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of San Franciscans, not to mention millions of people across the country.

I'm going to make sure that it will be introduced again. ... And I know the legislators don't like it, but I will keep pushing.

The big union bosses have too much power in Sacramento.

You can count on it that we will do the right - we will pick the right choice and that we will get the right replacement,

I think it will hurt more people than do good, so I am an absolute 'no' on that.

He was a lion of a man, a survivor and a conqueror, a hero in every sense of the word, ... He suffered unspeakable hardships in the Nazi death camps, but he did not let them break his spirit or compromise his will to live.

Paycheck protection means protecting the paychecks of the workers. It means protecting the workers themselves. Right now, union bosses take the money out of workers' paychecks and use it without their permission.

The spat became public Wednesday when Schwarzenegger, speaking in Anaheim, acknowledged that he wished Bush had postponed his trip. We would have appreciated if he would have done his fundraising after the Nov. 8 election, because you know we need now all the money in the world, ... We want to make sure that we win, that we can have our TV spots out there on television, which is very important.

I trust the people to be the best judge of conduct of a campaign when they exercise their franchise to vote, ... I am confident that they will reject candidates that use appeals to negative prejudices against any group of people.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

It is time to make our representatives more responsive to the people who elect them.

Just last week I traveled with both of them to Washington to meet with the leaders in Congress, and we reminded them that California is at the tip of the spear of our nation's military capability, that we do it all.

Everyone has the right to express an opinion, ... The Chinese can talk about how our system has failed some people. I think President Bush can talk about how their system has failed. I think that's OK.

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.

New Mexico and Arizona have additional problems that California does not have, which is the killing of livestock and killing on the border, drug smuggling, human trafficking,

Equally important is the fact that increasing California exports and bringing Chinese investment into California translates into more jobs for Californians.

California is facing an obesity epidemic, ... And more and more, children are becoming part of the problem.

While it is clear that more needs to be done to reduce illegal crossing, the situation in California has improved significantly in the last few years and illustrates that significant progress is attainable if we join together in a dedicated effort,

Was it the right thing to say No. Are there certain lines that I have used in the past that are on 'Saturday Night Live' Yes, ... But this is part of the learning experience.

This historic election has come about because there's a tremendous disconnect between the people of California and the leaders of California. We the people are doing our job -- working hard, raising our families and paying taxes. But the politicians are not doing their job.

I recognize that we also need more bipartisan cooperation to make it all happen, ... And I promise I will deliver that, because Californians believe that the state is on the wrong track. Californians believe that we need reform, we need change. But the people of California are sick and tired of all the fighting, and they are sick and tired of all those negative TV ads.