Bess Myerson – Quotes

To fall in love

To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful. Bess Myerson

You cannot be beautiful

You cannot be beautiful and hate. Bess Myerson

I don’t look upon

I don’t look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time. Bess Myerson

I’m not conniving –

I’m not conniving – that has a pejorative context. I’m not sitting in back rooms making deals. That’s not my style. Bess Myerson

I’ve lived through a

I’ve lived through a lifetime of crises and survived. Bess Myerson

Men go after me,

Men go after me, and I choose among them. 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

I really don’t like

I really don’t like talking about diets. Bess Myerson

Even when I jog,

Even when I jog, I need a place to get to. Bess Myerson

I’m like a phoenix.

I’m like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. Bess Myerson