Barbara Walters - People Quotes

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

Barbara Walters
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.

Barbara Walters
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
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
People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.

Barbara Walters
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
The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.

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.

Barbara Walters