Marilyn Monroe Quotes

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.

All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Who said nights were for sleep?

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

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