"If there's anything more arrogant than a Marine on a horse, it's one in a plane."

“Let's face it, gossip is one of the world's most destructive habits, and we're exposed to it practically everywhere we go and in much that we see - work, recreation, sports, home, in magazines, on television.  There is absolutely nothing beneficial about gossip - it hurts everyone involved”

“The four sayings that lead to wisdom: I was wrong I'm sorry I don't know I need help”

“We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.”

“It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.”

“There is no problem with global warming. It stopped in 1998. The last two years of global cooling have erased nearly 30 years of temperature increase.”

Source : "Climate Change You Can Believe In" by Mark Steyn, www.nationalreview.com. July 25, 2009.

“We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.”

“Being gay is nothing but another way to live your life.”

Source : "Connor Paolo Discusses Eric van der Woodsen". People interview, www.tvfanatic.com. May 7, 2008.

“You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.”