Jesse Ventura Quotes
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Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.
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I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.
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If you're smart enough to go to college, you should be smart and creative enough to pay for it.
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The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.
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A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear.
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I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.
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Don't vote for a Democrat or Republican, I have never voted for one in my life and I never will.
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Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.
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Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
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In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week.
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You need to hunt something that can shoot back at you to really classify yourself as a hunter. You need to understand the feeling of what it's like to go into the field and know your opposition can take you out.
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Could someone please tell me how this will affect me? Come on, this is Harvard, folks. I came all the way out here to learn this.
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In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.
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Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
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The current use of the National Guard is wrong... These are men who did not sign up to go occupy foreign nations.
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Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be.
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When you reach a certain age in life, time becomes more important than money, and I think that happens in your 50s.
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I think they should let gays in the military because we are the United States of America. And if a gay person wants to serve his or her country, why should they not be allowed to?
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I live in Mexico in the wintertime, and I live off the grid down there.
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Government has no place telling you who to fall in love with and who to marry.
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Some felt I'm not academically qualified, and they're right.
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If I can get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states and be allowed into the debates, I'd not only run, I'd win.
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Okay, fluoride in the water to help our teeth. Well, shouldn't that be the job of your mom and dad? To teach you how to brush your teeth and use mouth wash? What do we need the government to do it for? Clearly, what a scam. Fluoride in the water.
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I'm an equal opportunity despiser.