Marilyn Monroe quotes

“I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

“A girl doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her”

— 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

“The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“I read poetry to save time.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— 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

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

— Marilyn Monroe

“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

“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. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

“To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— 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

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

— Marilyn Monroe

“I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

“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. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

“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. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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