Quotes from Arnold Schwarzenegger

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 you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

From the time they get up in the morning and flush the toilet, they're taxed. Then they go and get the cup of coffee, they're taxed....This goes on all day long. Tax, tax, tax.

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

We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.

People say, My God, you're so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.

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.

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.

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

If I have the chance to time travel, might as well go all out.

If I would do another 'Terminator' movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election.

I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.

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

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you're covered and there's not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

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

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.

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.

I believe in "love it, or change it" rather than "love it, or leave it."

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

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

Trust yourself,..dig deep down and ask yourself who you want to be? Not what, but who?

Create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true.

All I know is that the first step is to create a vision, because when you see the vision – the beautiful vision – that creates the want power.