Quotes by 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 don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot! – Marilyn Monroe
A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear. – 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
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
We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. – Marilyn Monroe
I’m not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful. – Marilyn Monroe
Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about. – Marilyn Monroe
A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none. – Marilyn Monroe
Quotes by Marilyn Monroe part 2
If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. – Marilyn Monroe
Fear is stupid. So are regrets. – Marilyn Monroe
I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one. – 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
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one. – Marilyn Monroe
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. – Marilyn Monroe
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. – Marilyn Monroe
I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot! – Marilyn Monroe
The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead. – Marilyn Monroe
A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left. – Marilyn Monroe
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – 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’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it. – Marilyn Monroe
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile, I am just a girl who wishes for the world. – 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 restore myself when I’m alone. – Marilyn Monroe
Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. – 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
I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one. – Marilyn Monroe
It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. – Marilyn Monroe
It’s all make believe, isn’t it? – Marilyn Monroe
I won’t be satisfied with just being a curiosity. – Marilyn Monroe
What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course. – Marilyn Monroe
I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful. – Marilyn Monroe
A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night. – Marilyn Monroe
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. – Marilyn Monroe
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. – Marilyn Monroe
The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves. – Marilyn Monroe
If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere. – Marilyn Monroe
Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature. – Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. – Marilyn Monroe
The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. – Marilyn Monroe
If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent? – Marilyn Monroe
I’ve always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, ‘Hi,’ that the people ought to get their money’s worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me. – Marilyn Monroe
It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on. – Marilyn Monroe
