Jesse Ventura Quotes
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I like surfing in Mexico a whole lot better than sitting with people in Washington that I don't even like.
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I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.
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I never believe anything in the world of entertainment until it actually happens and the check clears the bank.
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I'm the only person in the world that, when he holds down two jobs, gets criticized for it; everyone else gets a pat on the back and say, 'What an entrepreneuring, hardworking person,' but apparently that doesn't apply to me.
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I'm a warrior at heart; I'm an ex-Navy Seal. I'm too old to wage war anymore, and so now I wage it mentally. And so I find politics very stimulating; it's war without guns.
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The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.
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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 don't have to muzzle myself when I'm a civilian. When you're a governor, you kind of have to do it, because you represent the whole state. You have to leave your personal opinions to yourself a lot. I learned that.
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The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.
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I'm an equal opportunity despiser.
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Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.
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I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!
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Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
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I've been water-boarded, and I speak from experience, and it's torture.
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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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I am not a career politician. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. I'm a working man with commonsense ideas and goals. I describe myself politically as fiscally conservative and socially moderate-to-liberal.
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'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy.
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My children were attacked by the Minnesota media when I was governor.
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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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If I wanna be president, I probably can.
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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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You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
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A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear.