"Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters."

“I'm aware of the power of looks. I've wanted to play roles that have gone to much better-looking people and you just think 'Oh well, that's the pin up guy's an actor like my friend James Mcavoy, who's gorgeous on screen. I'm not that. But at least I don't have to worry about taking precious care of my face because it's my commodity. That's a great freedom. I'm not afraid of being heinous for the sake of a part”

“Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there.”

Source : "Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics". Book by Rebecca Solnit, p. 235, 2007.

“People don't understand that's what it takes. People look at this microwave success, but it takes years. You better be about it, and serious about what it is you're trying to put out into the world. The gratification is not going to be instant. This is the long game. You gotta be focused and you gotta have it in your heart, ultimate confidence, that it's dope. When it hits, it's going to be worth.”

“"I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness. It's a miracle that's going on here. What could the human race do together?"'”

“What is a great life if not a youthful idea executed by a man of mature years.”

“When I was eleven, I got cast in the last directorial project of Christopher Reeve.”

Source : "Switched at Birth: Q&A with Switched at Birth's Vanessa Marano". ABC Spark Interview, www.abcspark.ca. February 29, 2012.

“It is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.”

“You have to have great design to be competitive in today’s markets.”