My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.

Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom or understanding... The initial steps on the path to courageous speech then are the first tentative steps into the parts of us that cannot speak.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

Whenever there's a big national event that brings the country together - whether it's the Olympics, a royal wedding or the 'Bake Off' final - there are inevitably a few contrarian voices speaking out against it.

Even under the best circumstances, speaking at your own wedding ceremony is a high pressure endeavor. What even constitutes a vow? I always picture them as exclamations you bellow at the sky.

To me, Valentine's Day is not merely limited to a lover but speaks of universal love.

Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.

Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.

It's become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

When I speak, I speak facts, and if you're getting mad, it's because you know it's the truth.

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.

A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.

In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class, which every student signs at the beginning of the year: read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.