Bethenny Frankel Quotes

Never assume someone is smarter than you.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks of your life. All that matters is what you think of it, and what you decide to make of it.

I'm always in my pajamas, unless I know for a fact that people are taking my picture.

Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.

I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.

I have the most beautiful daughter in the world and I'm grateful for her.

You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.

I realized that there are no certainties in life. You can't manipulate fate.

Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things.

New York City is my playground.

I have always been a business person.

I like showing moms what it's really like having a baby, and how it's not Hollywood life.

Love yourself and don't settle for less than what you deserve.

You choose happiness. You don't wait for it to choose you.

My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight management and weight maintenance and for cooking.

If happiness were easy, everybody would feel it all the time, and it wouldn't seem like such an elusive prize.

Taste everything, eat nothing.

You have to work for everything. Marriage should not be any different.

Sleep. It's like giving yourself a massage.

In life, no two days are the same for me. It's like a snowflake.

I love pregnancy and the bump and the whole thing.

I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.

I went onto reality TV as a business decision.

Celebration is life's frosting: isn't frosting the very best part of the cake?

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

Be independent and don't try to think someone is going to save you or look to someone else to make you happy or look to someone else to complete you.

Being with my family is my highest priority.

I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's the fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my hits when I have to.

You're alone in your ideas, because you're the only one who knows what's possible.

I have failed so much, but I have learned so much more in life from my failures than my successes.

Frankly, I don't trust any diet that doesn't allow sugar.

I grew up in a very toxic home.

I don't believe in diets.

I despise shopping and department stores.

I'm one of those people who have everything in their purses.

Life is hopefully long, so I don't know what the future will bring.

Baby wipes are great for everything! For wiping babies' butts, as an eye-makeup remover, to wipe the counter, to clean my hands at the airport, just everything.

My biggest 'don't' from the past? Picking my face!

I have to be in a relationship where I can say what I feel even if it's wrong - so we can work through it.

I'm not overly focused on being loved by everybody.

Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.

Thinking about women who can't have their own baby, even the first baby, I'm really lucky.

My books have helped a lot of men to lose weight.

I'm scared of the unknown future.

The only way I'm interested in having a baby is the old-fashioned way.

I can't work without my family being with me.

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

Bravo can't be responsible for the mental state of every single person that comes onto their network.

My business doesn't keep me warm at night.