Quotes by Bess Myerson

About Bess Myerson:

Bess Myerson was an American politician, model and television actress who was crowned Miss America in 1945. She became a city commissioner in 1969, beginning a prominent New York political career. In the late 1980s, her career ended amid personal and professional scandal.
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Once people have seen four or five Henry Moores, they will have a sense of great art.

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...

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

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

Bess Myerson

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

Bess Myerson

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

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.

Bess Myerson

I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.

Bess Myerson

I really don't like talking about diets.

Bess Myerson

On talk shows I ask myself, 'What am I doing here?'

Bess Myerson

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

Bess Myerson

Not only do I have celebrity, but I have notoriety, which is sometimes more seductive.

Bess Myerson

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

Bess Myerson

People want gimmicks. They have to lose 10 pounds by 8:30 tonight.

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.

Bess Myerson

Men go after me, and I choose among them.

Bess Myerson

Author Bio

  • NameBess Myerson
  • DescriptionAmerican model, city commissioner, TV show celebrity; first Jewish-American and first Miss New York elected Miss America
  • BornJuly 16, 1924
  • DiedDecember 14, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Politician