When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSWhen your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSA great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
BARBARA WALTERSBeing a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
BARBARA WALTERSThe hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSTo feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
BARBARA WALTERSBut for Muslims, everything that they don’t have on earth is what they get in heaven. They can drink, they can have sex. All of the forbidden pleasures on earth, you can have in paradise.
BARBARA WALTERSDon’t let the bastards get you down.
BARBARA WALTERSHomogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
BARBARA WALTERSIf it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
BARBARA WALTERSWhen you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
BARBARA WALTERSDon’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
BARBARA WALTERSJust do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
BARBARA WALTERSNew York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It’s a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.
BARBARA WALTERSFor Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
BARBARA WALTERSSmall children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
BARBARA WALTERSA conversation isn’t a competition.
BARBARA WALTERS