Quotes by Barbara Walters

“You think you had a hard time with Dick Cheney , wait until you meet The View!”

“to appear on a board which is certain to involve some controversy.”

“His doctors agree that Michael will be able to continue working on Spin City, future projects, and personal commitments for many years to come,”

“The Saudi people have some disagreements with the United States, in particular when it comes to the issue of the Palestinian question, the war in Afghanistan and the war with Iraq,”

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

Trust your gut.

To feel valued to know even if only once in a while that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

[Being a parent] is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love you can get a puppy.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldnt pronounce my Rs. I wasnt a beauty.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesnt is someone whom I admire but have never met.

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.

Dont confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

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.

Show me someone who never gossips and Ill show you someone who isnt interested in people.

A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life.

The sports page records peoples accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but mans failures.

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.

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

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 peoples interest in religion.

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.