Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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

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

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

If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

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

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

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

All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.

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.

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

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

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will?

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

I have been on a calendar, but never on time.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

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

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

I want to grow old without facelifts.

I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

Against all odds, despite all obstacles, we are going to make 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.

A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.

Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.

It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will?

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

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

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

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.

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.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

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.

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.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

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

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

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

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

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.

I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

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.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things.

I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn.

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.

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

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.