Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm not perfect.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

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.

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.

Maria is the best reason to come home.

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

I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

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.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

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.

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

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.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

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

Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.

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.

I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

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

For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

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 sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

I'm not looking for sympathy at all.

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.

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 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 striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.

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.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

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.

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 have inhaled, exhaled everything.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

Political courage is not political suicide.

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

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

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.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

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

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.