Ian Somerhalder Quotes

You don’t always win, but every time you lose, you get better.

The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment ultimately you do to yourself.

There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.

True statement: Live it, love it, leave the wold better off than when you got here.

I grew up as a country boy.

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much.

I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

A thought for today: 'People change and forget to tell each other.'

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

Love has so many unique yet consistent forms.

I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.

It's cool not growing old. I like being the eternal stud.

We depend on nature. Now, nature's depending on us.

The only way I'm going to be able to really, truly live a moment is if it actually means something to me.

You cant get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.

It's impossible to imagine our planet without coral.

You want a love that consumes you, you want passion and adventure and even a little danger.

Animal cruelty is one of the most unfortunate and barbaric demonstrations of human beings manipulating ill conceived notions of ‘power’ over other species.

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.

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

Laughter is the best medicine...smilin g is second

When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.

There is no differentiation between all living things: trees, river, animals, and humans.

I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.

Let's reuse whatever we have now, stop making more of it, take what we gather, and make - whether it's car parts, computer cases, anything that we can use.

Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.

Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now.

No one knows what women want!

The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.

I mean it’s never a problem making out with Nina Dobrev, I mean that’s always really cool!

We all love guarantees in life.

Men are intimidated by smart women. They make us want to kick up our game more.

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.

We the people are the change makers.

Sitting on a beach or walking through nature makes me come alive always.

I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.

Even if you disagree w/me-I HAVE TO STAND,like you FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN.WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND

All the women in my life have really made my life what it is, and I feel so fortunate, so whole because of them.

Together, we can bring our planet's heartbeat back.

A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.

My grandmother was this unbelievably smart, phenomenally cool woman and [soap operas] were just always on in her house. I just realized that I live in a soap opera, and it's awesome.

We love things that are dangerous yet sexy. We love things that are powerful and wise.

Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.

What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.

I've been in love. It's painful and pointless and overrated.

The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.

I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.

I am seeing strength in the ability of artistic expression to change our future.