Marilyn Monroe Quotes Tattoo – Capturing the Essence of Timeless Beauty

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

Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she’ll conquer the world. – Marilyn Monroe

We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets. – 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’m for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It’s the businessmen who make everything possible for the artist. I’m for the individual artist. – 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

If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. – Marilyn Monroe

Fear is stupid. So are regrets. – Marilyn Monroe

A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left. – 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

Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together. – Marilyn Monroe

In Hollywood, a girl’s virtue is much less important than her hair-do. – Marilyn Monroe

It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on. – Marilyn Monroe

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. – Marilyn Monroe

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy. – Marilyn Monroe

I restore myself when I’m alone. – Marilyn Monroe

I’m just a girl who wishes for the world. – Marilyn Monroe

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t. – Marilyn Monroe

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. – Marilyn Monroe

I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. – Marilyn Monroe

I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it. – Marilyn Monroe

I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one. – Marilyn Monroe

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. – Marilyn Monroe

Sweetie, if you’re going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty. – Marilyn Monroe

It’s all make-believe, isn’t it? – Marilyn Monroe

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

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

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful. – 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 real lover is the one who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space. – 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. – Marilyn Monroe

I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together. – Marilyn Monroe

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

I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful. – Marilyn Monroe

I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone. – Marilyn Monroe

I’m not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful. – Marilyn Monroe

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

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

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in. – Marilyn Monroe

I’m not a girl who sits around and waits for her prince. I’m a girl who goes out and finds him. – 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 am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human. – Marilyn Monroe

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far. – Marilyn Monroe

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

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

You don’t remember the nights you stayed in. You remember the nights you went out and had a great time. – Marilyn Monroe.