Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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

Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius.
It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.

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.

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

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

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

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

I love to do the things the censors won't pass.

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

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

Creativity has got to start with humanity
and when you're a human being,
you feel, you suffer.

People respect you because they feel
you've survived hard times and endured
and although you've become famous,
you haven't become phony.

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.

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

I'm trying to find myself as a person,
sometimes that's not easy to do.
Millions of people live their entire lives
without finding themselves.
But it is something I must do.
The best way for me to find myself as a person
is to prove to myself that I am an actress.

I am trying to prove to myself that I am a person.
Then may be I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife...
I guess I am a fantasy.

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

It's better for the whole world to know you,
even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.

A career is wonderful thing,
but you can't snuggle up to it on a cold night.

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

A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs
lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.
A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves,
providing there are not too many.

I restore myself when I'm alone.