Arnold Schwarzenegger

“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 welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.”

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

“I made my fair share of mistakes.”

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

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”

“The difference between those who adapted and those who didn't, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit.”

“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.”

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

“I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.”

“There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.”

“I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.”

“Political courage is not political suicide.”

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

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

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