I do accents. Sometimes when I’ve had a few drinks, I speak in different accents all night long, and then at the end of an evening someone will say to me, ‘Seriously, where are you from?’ – Rebecca Mader
I believe in Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican. – Renee Ellmers
I’ve never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can’t speak for those guys. – R. Lee Ermey
I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it. – Robert Greenwald
I abhor ‘baby talk.’ I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it. – Rich Sommer
My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn’t want to draw attention to herself. – Richard C. Armitage
I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people. – Petra Nemcova
I was in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories in 1980. It was only a bit part and I didn’t get to speak but I felt that I was in a real movie and heading where I had always wanted to be. – Sharon Stone
Let’s just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. – Octavia Spencer
I said, ‘I’m going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.’ But I came here and I didn’t speak English, I didn’t have a green card, I didn’t know I had to have an agent, I couldn’t drive, I was dyslexic. – Salma Hayek
When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense. – Shimon Peres
I speak English. I dream in it. I cannot separate my English from my Shona; I see the world with those two languages. – Petina Gappah
I didn’t do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don’t have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn’t interested in the people around the drugs. – Ruben Blades
When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do. – Padmasree Warrior
I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I’d speak to 10 people. I made it up to 75 people, up to 100, and now I can speak to a very large group, and it feels similar to speaking to you one-on-one. – Robin S. Sharma
When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. – Russell M. Nelson
I always think about the settlers who moved to New Zealand in the 1800s. They hadn’t even been to the place before. They just packed their bags and shipped over knowing they’d never see their family again or be able to speak to them – they’d maybe get a letter if they were lucky. – Rose McIver
When you consider that you’re a character that doesn’t speak, but you’ve still got to react to the other actors, you’ve got to make a noise of some kind. – Peter Mayhew
I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. – Samuel Johnson
Speak the truth, and all things alive or brute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there, do seem to stir and move to bear you witness. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. – Richard M. Nixon
I’m different. I don’t speak perfect American. I do have a lilt of an Indian accent. I thought, ‘Maybe the world’s not okay with what I bring, being Indian.’ – Priyanka Chopra
If someone asks me to go to speak at, say, Princeton, I might or might not go. But if someone asks me from Norman, Oklahoma, I certainly will go. – Simon Schama
I’m a basket case. Yeah, you know, I put my foot in my mouth more than I speak properly. – Scott Adsit
