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

One of my movies was called ‘True Lies.’ It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

I’ll be back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

Political courage is not political suicide.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people’s trust in their government.
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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

What’s fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I’m not perfect.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger