Barbara Cook Quotes

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

I think that, just in general, my number one priority is to just go out of your way to stay yourself and put yourself out there in a positive way. It's so easy, and you can connect with a lot of your friends.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

Use each interaction to be the best, most powerful version of yourself.

Doing social media is a way of not giving in to this inclination to hiding. But instead, I'm teaching myself to feel comfortable about being open.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

I never used to speak at all. I always said Joe is the speaker of the family. I mean, I'd go to events and volunteer, but I was never a speaker.

I'm gonna be the best version of me. If there's something I don't know, I'm not afraid to ask.

There is so much power in vulnerability, and I am proud to be that typecast.

I'm very open with my life, and I don't regret it because it's what got me here.

The secret to success is to be yourself.

I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you're self-obsessed. But I think you kind of have to be.

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.

At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.