“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.” IfsMenLiteratureAuthorityAggressivePushyCaustic Author:Barbara Walters
“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.” MenWorldFeelsBelieveWould BeHumanityLiteratureCompassionNiceGoodnessBeing Nice Author:Barbara Walters
“Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.” LiteraturePartyBreathsHelpfulNew YearShallowDeep BreathShallow Person Author:Barbara Walters
“To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.” IfsKnowsFeelsWellsFeelingsJobsLiteratureWomenCan DoMarvelous Author: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.” FirstsShowsChristianReligionLiteratureChristDealsCommonChristianityJudaismRabbiJewish Religion Author:Barbara Walters
“No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.” ThinkingLiteraturePoeticAdsPeter Author: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.” PeopleWorldSpiritualReligionFoundLiteratureInterestInterestingBecomingCodeDa Vinci Code Author:Barbara Walters
“Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.” InspirationalLiteratureWomenTroubleAcceptanceMetsEmpowermentAdmireEmpoweringWomen EmpowermentEmpowering WomenEmpowered WomenJuggling Author:Barbara Walters
“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.” WorldI CanLiteraturePartyInformationOfficeDinnerBackgroundsDesksDinner PartyNbcDinner Guests Author: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.” MeanDifferentEarthFoundLiteratureHeavenReligiousInterestingEducationVersionsReligious Education Author:Barbara Walters
“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.” EarthLiteratureHeavenSexPleasureDrinkParadiseForbidden Author:Barbara Walters
“All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.” BelieveEndsLiteratureHeavenCommonTeachBuddhismProgramExceptionWhere You AreBetter PlaceTibetanTibetan Buddhism Author:Barbara Walters
“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.” ThinkingWayBelieveImportantEarthLiteratureImportant ThingsLoved OnesLive Your LifeComforting Author: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.” LiteratureCloudsAirplaneRainbowAstronautAbove The CloudsSomewhere Over The Rainbow Author:Barbara Walters
“Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.” LiteratureChurchPrayingPlanesSuperstitionsSynagogue Author:Barbara Walters
“I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.” KnowsI CanEnoughLiteratureAtheistWakingThere Is No GodEqual PayThere Being No GodAnti ChristianLettermanWaking LifeGod Is Not GreatProof That God ExistsProof God ExistsShort CircuitMusic ManSin CityTitanic MovieMighty Wind Author:Barbara Walters
“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.” PeopleThinkingGivingKindDoneWould BeAbleJoyLiteratureVoiceCommunicatePhrasesOrchestraDevastated Author:Barbara Walters
