Bo Ryan Quotes

The fact that 'True Blood' affects people in this way is incredible to me - the fact we have to go to such great lengths to hide storylines just proves the cache our show has.

I'm not the kind of guy that inspires madness in people.

For me personally, to hop onboard and use the amazing success and blessings in my life to pull off something like the 30/30 Project is awesome.

I have an AIDS ribbon tattooed on my arm.

The welfare of a child is not to be measured by money only, nor by physical comfort only.

I take it that reasonable human conduct is part of the ordinary course of things.

There is nothing illegal in keeping up a tomb; on the contrary, it is a very laudable thing to do.

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.

You'd be amazed at what I can do. Did you know I can swim?

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold.

I look at him as some other person I need to beat.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.

In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun.

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?

That's the quickest way to my heart: Laughter.

The key to the Lochte haircut is being fresh and looking up-to-date.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

Not to have a big head about it, but people love me.

I took my weight training to a new level.

For those who are understood no need to explain

Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.

The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.

I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.

In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.

I just remember how excited I was to have a boyfriend and be in love and to document it.

I'm making the art for me first. I'm making it because these are the pictures I want to see. I'm making pictures that don't yet exist.

I spent all of my money on film. I remember I would do these set-design jobs or transcribe or just anything to get, like, a $100 check and go immediately to Adorama and buy expired film.

All I do is make photos. It's my life.

I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.

Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out of was the intense feeling of growing up. It sounds kind of cliché, but it's true.

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature.

Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.

I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.

I'm interested in reaching the masses with my work. It's one of my goals.

What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull.

I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images.

Whatever emotions you're going through, you somehow seek out the people that are going through similar emotions or that maybe have something you need.