Barbara Walters Quotes

I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.

I've never regretted saying no to anything, or finishing something. When I'm in the middle of doing something I love, I can have a better idea, and I'll go, "Oh God, I can't finish this." Maybe I've got some sort of disorder.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

I don't want to make any huge decisions before I really know what I'm doing and am sure of myself.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.

I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't change their mind.

It's very personal to me and doesn't work for everybody, but what I have found in my experience is that when I make pro and con lists, it's usually because I am trying to talk myself out of a good idea or talk myself into a really bad one.

I have never been 100% confident that I am right about anything.

I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"

I never make my mind up about anything at all, until it's over and done with.

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion.

I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

As an architect, you cannot be so arrogant as to say you are 100% sure about what you do.

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.