“Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.”
Barbara Walters“If this fails to convince, I being out my secret weapon, announcing with portentous deliberation that Barbara. Damn. Walters. Does. Not. Drive. Heard of her?This sort of accusatory conversion of course almost never goes down with native New Yorkers, people who, like Barbara Walters, live in that barbaric third world country that is Manhattan, and thus have yet to hear of newfangled American Advances like automobiles, happiness, and yards.”
Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli“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.”
Barbara Walters“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“Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.”
Barbara Walters“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.”
Barbara Walters“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.”
Barbara Walters“A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.”
Barbara Walters“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“The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.”
Barbara Walters“A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life.”
Barbara Walters