20 Badass Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

1. The Terminator (1984)

Arnold Schwarzenegger Hamlet
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"I'll be back."

What else was it going to be? The line that was originally scripted as "I'll come back" became a staple of popular culture, and went on to become Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature quote, repeated in countless forms and variations over the next 30 years. But as they say, the original is often the best - easily the greatest iteration of the line comes right before the T-800 crashes a car into a police station and kills pretty much everyone inside.

Since then, "I'll be back" has become synonymous with Schwarzenegger and has been repeated in (deep breath) Commando, The Running Man, Twins, Terminator 2, Last Action Hero, The Expendables 2 and Terminator Genisys. There have also been numerous variations of the line in other movies, such as "I'm back", "I might be back", "She'll be back", "I'll be right back", and "It's nice to be back", with the soundbite now something we've been conditioned to expect from almost every one of his movies.

Given the sheer number of memorable one-liners from over 30 years in the business this could easily be a top 50 list, so sound off in the comments below if any of your favorite Arnie quotes failed to make the cut.

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