Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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

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

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

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

I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead, they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.

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.

A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

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

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

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

I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

Marilyn Monroe Quotes part 2

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 than being one.

I restore myself when I’m alone.

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

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.

I’m trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.

I’m not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it’s a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one. It’s society who’s ugly.

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

A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.

In Hollywood a girl’s virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You’re judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

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

Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.

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

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

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

I want to grow old without facelifts.

I don’t want to be alone; I want to be left alone.

A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

You’ve got to love yourself first.

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.

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.

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it’s natural and spontaneous.

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.

It’s all make-believe, isn’t it?

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?