Barbara Walters Quotes

A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
BARBARA WALTERS

Humor Laughing Laughter
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.
BARBARA WALTERS

Authority Literature Men
A conversation isn’t a competition.
BARBARA WALTERS

Competition Conversation Practice
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.
BARBARA WALTERS

Badass Battle Fighting
Most old people … are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others – guests who didn’t have the good manners to leave when the party was over.
BARBARA WALTERS

House Party People
The news media in general are liberals.
BARBARA WALTERS

Country Media News
To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I’ve done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
BARBARA WALTERS

People Thinking Voice
I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
BARBARA WALTERS

Atheist City Equal Pay Sin
A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
BARBARA WALTERS

Cream Heaven Ice Ideas
Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
BARBARA WALTERS

Children Self Sleep
I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
BARBARA WALTERS

Education Mean Religious
Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
BARBARA WALTERS

Cutting Hands Pieces
Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
BARBARA WALTERS

Children Family Inspirational
A 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 WALTERS

Obscure People Thinking
I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
BARBARA WALTERS

Dinner Guests Nbc Party
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
BARBARA WALTERS

New Party Person Shallow Year
when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
BARBARA WALTERS

Blame Children Firsts
The origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
BARBARA WALTERS

Modern Party Share
Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there.
BARBARA WALTERS

Airplane Clouds Rainbow
I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
BARBARA WALTERS

Different Education Heaven Life Meaning Religious Version
Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn’t is someone whom I admire but have never met.
BARBARA WALTERS

Admire Juggle Meet Myself Trouble
Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
BARBARA WALTERS

Attraction Compare Sales Woman
Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
BARBARA WALTERS

Children Help Small Training
The news media in general are liberals.
BARBARA WALTERS

General Liberty Media
Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
BARBARA WALTERS

Big Complain Early Fight Job Stay
New 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 WALTERS

Adventure Children Energy Fast Galaxy Stand
Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don’t know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I’ve rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.
BARBARA WALTERS

Famous Greatness Myself Party People Rare Recover Technique

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