Barbara Waltersová je americká moderátorka zpravodajských a publicistických pořadů. Proslavila se zvláště v talk show The View. Třikrát získala cenu Emmy Wikipedia
“The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.”
Occasionally attributed to Walters; actually coined by Stan Barstow.
Misattributed
On Barack Obama
Interview with Piers Morgan, 12-17-2013. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/12/17/barbara_walters_on_obama_we_thought_he_was_going_to_be_the_next_messiah.html
Occasionally attributed to Walters; actually said by Earl Warren, as quoted in Sports Illustrated (July 22, 1968).
Misattributed
“She made me laugh. I will miss her. Baba Wawa.”
Note sent to Gene Wilder, husband of the late Gilda Radner following Radner's death from ovarian cancer; Radner had done an impersonation of Walters where she had poked fun at Walters' difficulty in pronouncing the letter "r", introducing herself as "Baba Wawa". Stated in an interview at Inside the Actors Studio.
Chris Chase, "A Talk With the Unsinkable Barbara Walters", New York Magazine (March 25, 1974), Vol. 7, No. 12, p. 65.
“A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.”
Occasionally attributed to Walters; actually written by Mark Twain in What Is Man? and other essays (1917), p. 17.
Misattributed
“Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.”
How to Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anything (1970).
How to Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anything (1970), p. 136.
It was really very touching.
Chris Chase, "A Talk With the Unsinkable Barbara Walters", New York Magazine (March 25, 1974), Vol. 7, No. 12, p. 62.
