Men go after me, and I choose among them. Bess Myerson More Quotes by Bess Myerson More Quotes From Bess Myerson The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. Bess Myerson moral-corruption indifference crime Everybody asks me, 'So, what are you doing now?' Why must I be doing something? All my life I've been doing something. All my life I've been doing. For now, I'm being -- being quiet, being grateful. Bess Myerson ask-me grateful quiet You've got to love people, places, ideas; you've got to live with mind, body, soul; you've got to be committed; there is no life on the side-lines. Bess Myerson soul people ideas You can't be beautiful and hate because hate is a corroding disease and affects the way you look. ... You can't hide it - ever. It shows in your eyes. It warps your expression. It affects your character, your personality. Bess Myerson hate beautiful character I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy. Bess Myerson privacy want people Even when I jog, I need a place to get to. Bess Myerson needs I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. Bess Myerson phoenix ashes I really don't like talking about diets. Bess Myerson boston-celtics nba talking 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 style sitting rooms 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 mother home men I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived. Bess Myerson survived crisis lifetime To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful. Bess Myerson broken-heart breakup love 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 divorce decision mistake You cannot be beautiful and hate. Bess Myerson hate beautiful 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.' Bess Myerson best good me you On talk shows I ask myself, 'What am I doing here?' Bess Myerson here doing talk myself Not only do I have celebrity, but I have notoriety, which is sometimes more seductive. Bess Myerson celebrity more only sometimes Once people have seen four or five Henry Moores, they will have a sense of great art. Bess Myerson will great people art People want gimmicks. They have to lose 10 pounds by 8:30 tonight. Bess Myerson lose tonight want people
