Famous Quotes

"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."

Meryl Streep on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Meryl Streep

• "America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances."

• "I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do."

• "The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."

• "Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person."

• "All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene."