Barbara Walters quotes

Barbara Walters was an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality, known for her pioneering work in television news. As one of the first female anchors on national evening news, she broke numerous barriers for women in the industry. She paved the way for future generations of journalists with her interviewing style and commanding presence. Here are 42 of her quotes:

The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers. (Barbara Walters)
I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't. View quote
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties. View quote
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people. View quote
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. View quote
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A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures. View quote
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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy. View quote
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Now here I was, half Jane Wyman, half Shirley Temple, and people began to stop me in the street and say, 'Don't worry, Barbara, it's all right, you won't lose your job.' It was really very touching. (Barbara Walters)
Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out. View quote
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It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man. View quote
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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. View quote
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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling. View quote
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones. View quote
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion. View quote
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish. View quote
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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. View quote
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But 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. View quote
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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)
Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. View quote
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines. View quote
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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. View quote
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She made me laugh. I will miss her. Baba Wawa. View quote
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Barbara Walters

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Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Journalist
Born: September 25, 1929
Died: December 30, 2022
Quotes count: 42
Wikipedia: Barbara Walters

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