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Marilyn Monroe (Actor)

All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
— Marilyn Monroe man
Everyone's childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don't know if I'm just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself - or maybe for the first time connecting with reality. How do we know the pain or another's earlier years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a lot of leeway is needed for the other - yet how much is unhealthy for one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept - as much as one can bear.
— Marilyn Monroe love
For life: It is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: The truth can only be recalled, never invented.
— Marilyn Monroe life
I know I will never be happy but I know I can be gay!
— Marilyn Monroe happy
It's not true I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
— Marilyn Monroe true
I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
— Marilyn Monroe time
I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me — and that I've made of myself — as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it.
— Marilyn Monroe sex
Unfortunately, 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 freedom
I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. ...said, "Talent is developed in privacy," you know? And it's really true. ... Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.
— Marilyn Monroe art
Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president, and say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy. ... I'll see, I'll see.
— Marilyn Monroe self
Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one. I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity.
— Marilyn Monroe art
Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity... If fame goes by, 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 experienced, but that's not where I live.
— Marilyn Monroe art
Say good-bye to Pat, say good-bye to Jack and say good-bye to yourself, because you're a nice guy.
— Marilyn Monroe self
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
— Marilyn Monroe money
Why? — It paid the rent.
— Marilyn Monroe
I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.
— Marilyn Monroe self
I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
— Marilyn Monroe money
That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd rather it be sex than some of the things we've got symbols of... I just hate to be a thing.
— Marilyn Monroe sex
I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.
— Marilyn Monroe money
The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body — you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.
— Marilyn Monroe people
Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul...
— Marilyn Monroe soul
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 self
Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
— Marilyn Monroe man
The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
— Marilyn Monroe body
Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
— Marilyn Monroe love
My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation — but I'm working on the foundation.
— Marilyn Monroe work
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 soul
It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
— Marilyn Monroe success
When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does. People you run into feel that, well, who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe? They feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you, of any kind of nature — and it won't hurt your feelings — like it's happening to your clothes not you.
— Marilyn Monroe nature
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 success
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
— Marilyn Monroe women
I sleep in the nude but I pull the sheets up.
— Marilyn Monroe sleep
People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
— Marilyn Monroe thoughts
Quotes of Monroe from On Being Blonde : Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes (2004) by Paula Munier
— Marilyn Monroe wisdom
It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
— Marilyn Monroe happy
It stirs up envy, fame does. People you run into feel that, well, who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe? They feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you, of any kind of nature — and it won't hurt your feelings — like it's happening to your clothes not you.
— Marilyn Monroe nature
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 somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them.
— Marilyn Monroe truth
A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
— Marilyn Monroe night
wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
— Marilyn Monroe
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and its better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
— Marilyn Monroe beauty
Im selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, Im out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best.
— Marilyn Monroe time
I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful
— Marilyn Monroe money
If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
— Marilyn Monroe man
Everyones a star and deserves the right to twinkle.
— Marilyn Monroe right
A smart girl leaves before she is left.
— Marilyn Monroe art
I dont mind living in a mans world as long as I can be a woman in it.
— Marilyn Monroe mind
Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
— Marilyn Monroe regret
If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
— Marilyn Monroe you
Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
— Marilyn Monroe life
We should all start to live before we get too old.
— Marilyn Monroe art
I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
— Marilyn Monroe time
All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
— Marilyn Monroe real
Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
— Marilyn Monroe world
I am trying to find myself. Sometimes thats not easy.
— Marilyn Monroe time
When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.
— Marilyn Monroe women
We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
— Marilyn Monroe stars
Ive been on a calendar, but Ive never been on time.
— Marilyn Monroe time
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
— Marilyn Monroe sex
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
— Marilyn Monroe courage
It is better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone else.
— Marilyn Monroe happy
I don’t want anyone to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like Source: http://www.evs-translations.com/blog-com/sofa/
— Marilyn Monroe live
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
— marilyn monroe women
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, you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.
— marilyn monroe time
If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.
— marilyn monroe eyes
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.
— marilyn monroe time
A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.
— marilyn monroe night
I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
— marilyn monroe money
Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.
— marilyn monroe soul
Boys think girls are like books. If the cover doesn’t catch their eye, they won’t bother to read what’s inside.
— marilyn monroe books
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
— marilyn monroe beauty
When I was a little girl no one ever told me I was pretty, all little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they are not.
— Marilyn Monroe girls
It is better to be unhappy alone than to be unhappy with someone
— Marilyn Monroe happy
This life is what you make it. No matter what, youre going to mess up sometimes, its a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how youre going to mess it up.
— Marilyn Monroe life
A girl doesnt need anyone who doesnt need her.
— Marilyn Monroe need
All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
— Marilyn Monroe real
Sometimes you miss someone so much that you forget you are better without them.
— Marilyn Monroe time
A wise woman likes but doesnt love, listens but doesnt believe and leaves before she is left.
— Marilyn Monroe love
She was a girl who knew how to be happy, even when she was sad. And thats important.
— Marilyn Monroe sad
Happiness is the most important thing in the world, without it, you live a life of depression.
— Marilyn Monroe life
Im pretty, but Im not beautiful. I sin, but Im not the devil. Im good, but Im not an angel.
— Marilyn Monroe evil
A girl doesnt need anyone that doesnt need her.
— Marilyn Monroe need
We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but its a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.
— Marilyn Monroe god
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
— Marilyn Monroe fear
Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasnt that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
— Marilyn Monroe success
The embarrassment after the anger is biggest humiliation a person can experience.
— Marilyn Monroe men
Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.
— Marilyn Monroe opportunity
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
— Marilyn Monroe world
What the conscious mind cant recognize, the heart might know.
— Marilyn Monroe art
Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
— Marilyn Monroe love
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when theyre 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. Marilyn Monroe quotes
— Marilyn Monroe quotes
Believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when theyre 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.
— Marilyn Monroe time
A girl knows her limits, but a wise girl knows she has none.
— Marilyn Monroe wise
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so can appreciate them when therere right.You baleive lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
— Marilyn Monroe time
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin but I am not the devil. I am pretty , but not beautiful . I have friends but I am not a peacemaker..
— Marilyn Monroe peace
Its better to be absolutely ridiculous than to be absolutely boring.
— Marilyn Monroe
I restore myself when Im alone.
— Marilyn Monroe self
Im selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best.
— Marilyn Monroe time
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want, if they care enough to bother with what I do, then Im already better than them.
— Marilyn Monroe think
Just because you fail once, doesnt mean youre gonna fail at everything. Keep trying and believe in yourself!
— Marilyn Monroe self
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 no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
— Marilyn Monroe time

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