Barbara Walters Quotes

The only thing power respects, is power.

Interviewing is not a democratic art.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.

Power is all. Another falsification; I do not tell how I gain or maintain it. I only record the ginger stroll through the vaguely fetid garden of its rewards.

A lot of people refer to power as shooting a loaded gun. When you have to shoot the gun, you've lost the power. Other people's knowledge of your gun should be enough.

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power.

Power is not a means; it is an end.

One either imposes one's ideas or one is imposed on.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

I don't know that Donald Trump really cares about what the outcome is, as long as he's in charge of it. Seeing whom he can steer in which direction and how far he can push them.

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.