The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly -- because if they don't speak fast nobody will listen to them.
Source: In Times, (London), 26 Aug 1992.
-- Michael Caine, (Mar 14 1933-____), English actor; He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for Hannah & Her Sisters, 1987; also starred with Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scondrels.