A conversation isn’t a competition.
BARBARA WALTERSHomogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn’t perfect at any age – drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter – but it is almost non-existent in old people.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
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When you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
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If it’s a woman it’s caustic, if it’s a man it’s authority, If it’s a woman it’s too pushy, if it’s a man it’s aggressive in the best sense of the word.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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This is what I tell, especially young women, fight the big fights. Don’t fight the little fight… Be the first one in, be the last one out. Do your homework, choose your battles. Don’t whine, and don’t be the one who complains about everything. Fight the big fight.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
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Although I myself don’t go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it’s superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
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