Bess Myerson quotes

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. (Bess Myerson)
Even when I jog, I need a place to get to. View quote
Bess Myerson
To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful. View quote
Bess Myerson
I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. View quote
Bess Myerson
I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy. View quote
Bess Myerson
I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style. View quote
Bess Myerson
I really don't like talking about diets. View quote
Bess Myerson
Men go after me, and I choose among them. View quote
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I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived. View quote
Bess Myerson
I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time. View quote
Bess Myerson
All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man to come and save me from my life - but there didn't seem to be any, at least not for me. (Bess Myerson)
Mama never told me, 'Bess, you did good.' She wanted the best for us and she was an incredible administrator. She ran those three kids, that house, the whole bit. But if I looked fine, she'd find something wrong - the color, the hem... I used to tell her, 'Mama, don't worry when you're not with me, because you're with me.' View quote
Bess Myerson