quotes by Marilyn Monroe

"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

"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 their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
— Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words)

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."
— Marilyn Monroe

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
— Marilyn Monroe

"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it."
— Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words)

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

"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."
— Marilyn Monroe

"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."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Who said nights were for sleep?"
— Marilyn Monroe

"Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?"
— Marilyn Monroe

"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I just want to be wonderful."
— Marilyn Monroe

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

"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."
— Marilyn Monroe

"The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."
— Marilyn Monroe

"If your gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."
— Marilyn Monroe

"If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!"
— Marilyn Monroe

"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."
— Marilyn Monroe

"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."
— Marilyn Monroe

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes. I'm 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

"It's all make believe, isn't it?"
— Marilyn Monroe

"I restore myself when I'm alone."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one."
— Marilyn Monroe

"She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know "
— Marilyn Monroe

"I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. Art, real art, comes from it, everything."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Women who seek to be equal with mean lack ambition"
— Marilyn Monroe

"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I've been on a calendar, but never on time."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Diamonds are a girls best friend."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Everyone is a star and deserves a chance to shine."
— Marilyn Monroe

"I love to do the things the censors won't pass."
— Marilyn Monroe

"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?"
— Marilyn Monroe

"I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since."
— Marilyn Monroe

"There must be a thousand girls out there, dreaming the same things as me. But I'm not going to worry about them;I'm dreaming the hardest."
— Marilyn Monroe

"“I believe that everything happens for a reason People change so that you can learn to let go Things go wrong so that you can learn to appreciate them when they’re right You believe less so that you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself And sometimes, good things fall apart so that better things can fall together” "
— Marilyn Monroe

"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing."
— Marilyn Monroe

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

"All of us are stars and deserve the right to twinkle."
— Marilyn Monroe

"The truth is 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 someone I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them."
— Marilyn Monroe

"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

"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."
— Marilyn Monroe

"A wise girl kisses but does not love, listens but does not believe and leaves before she is left."
— Marilyn Monroe