"I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something."

"I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly."

"In a relationship you want to treat people the way you want to be treated."

"I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill."

"an optimist is a guy that has never had much experience"

"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."

"It couldn't be a simpler answer. Marriage doesn't really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I don't gravitate to it."

"My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did."