209 Quotes by Ian Somerhalder

We cannot progress as a society, as a people, if we lack compassion.

It’s not who you know, it’s who you don’t know.

I’m from New Orleans. There’s a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one.

I don’t want to see blood spewing out but I don’t mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.

More than ever, it’s very apparent that we are strapped for natural resources. We configure and reconfigure to try and find a way to maintain natural assets, when, ultimately, we are overlooking the most abundant, dynamic, and powerful resource we have available to us – our youth.

I learned from my past, and I now employ those lessons going forward, looking to the future – don’t you think it’s about time our government did, too?

I’ve never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.

If you love someone when you’re 20 and you carry that love with you until you’re 90, it’s not going to be the same dynamic.

Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren’t an actor.