Bess Myerson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“Once people have seen four or five Henry Moores, they will have a sense of great art.”

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

“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.”

“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.'”