Marilyn Monroe Quotes

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.

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

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

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.

Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.

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?

Well, whatever I am, I am the blonde!

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.

A girl does not need anyone who does not need her.

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health.

Of the nude pictures: Sure I posed. I needed the money.

Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire.

I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.

Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.

When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you treat them like nothing. Learn to be a good friend because one day you're gonna look up and say I lost a good friend. Learn how to be respectful to your friends, don't just start arguments with them and don't tell them the reason, always remember your friends will be there quicker than your family. Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what. Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.

I'm good, but I'm not an angel.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know

The sky is not the limit. Your mind is

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

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

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I only stop when I'm done.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

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.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.

I like to feel blonde all over.

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.

When it gets hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the ice box.

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.

it is better to be happy alone than to be miserable with someone else

It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.

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

One of the things I like best about men is they're a little vulnerable.

Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.

Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.

I'm sin, but I'm not the devil.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.