50 of the Most Famous Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

50 of the Most Famous Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

Last updated on September 24th, 2022 at 08:25 pm

Marilyn Monroe was a famous American actress, singer and model most well known for her iconic looks and charming personality, becoming one of the most popular sex symbols of the 50โ€™s and beyond. Despite being widely famous for her looks, we see in the Quotes by Marilyn Monroe, that she was more than just a sex symbolโ€ฆ

Famous quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œImperfection is beauty, madness is genius and itโ€™s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.โ€

โ€“ Marilyn Monroe

โ€œA wise girl kisses but doesnโ€™t love, listens but doesnโ€™t believe, and leaves before she is left.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œIf you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œThe real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI 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 theyโ€™re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourselfโ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
Famous quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œSometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI 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.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œWhen it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then Iโ€™m already better than them.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œForย life: It is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: Theย truthย can only be recalled, never invented.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, Marilynโ€™s personal diaries, as quoted inย Fragmentsย (2010)

โ€œIโ€™m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you canโ€™t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell donโ€™t deserve me at my best.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
quotes by Marilyn Monroe

Inspirational quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œIf you get massages, youโ€™ll never need another sleeping pill.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Marilyn Monroe Confidentialย (1980) by Lena Pepitone and William Stedien p. 172

โ€œIโ€™m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image theyโ€™ve made of me , and that Iโ€™ve made of myself, ย as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other womanโ€™s and I canโ€™t live up to it.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, Statement c. 1962, as quoted inย Marilynย (1992) by Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham, Ch. 30

โ€œI think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggeratedโ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, โ€œMarilyn Monroe Pours Her Heart Outโ€ interview by Richard Meryman, inย LIFEย (3 August 1962)

โ€œAn actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Ms.ย magazine (August 1972) p. 38

โ€œIf youโ€™re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
beauty quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œWhy? โ€“ It paid the rent.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, On why she had posed nude for a calendar photograph, quoted inย Ms.ย magazine (August 1972) p. 39

โ€œI restore myself when Iโ€™m alone. A career is born in public โ€“ talent in privacy.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Ms.ย magazine (August 1972) p. 40

โ€œThatโ€™s the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if Iโ€™m going to be a symbol of something, Iโ€™d rather it be sex than some of the things weโ€™ve got symbols of. I just hate to be a thing.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, Comment on her sex symbol status, quoted inย Ms.ย magazine (August 1972) p. 40

โ€œIโ€™m not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Ms.ย magazine (August 1972) p. 41

โ€œFirst, Iโ€™m trying to prove to myself that Iโ€™m a person. Then maybe Iโ€™ll convince myself that Iโ€™m an actress.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Ms.ย magazine (August 1972) p. 42
Famous quotes by Marilyn Monroe

Great quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œTheย truthย is Iโ€™ve never fooled anyone. Iโ€™ve letย menย sometimes fool themselves.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, My Storyย (1974; co-written with Ben Hecht; 2007 edition), p. 133

โ€œDogs never bite me. Just humans.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted in โ€œA Beautiful Childโ€ inย Music for Chameleonsย (1980) byย Truman Capote

โ€œThe body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, Handwritten note responding to a question about posing nude, as quoted inย International Herald Tribuneย (5 October 1984)

โ€œHollywoodโ€™s a place where theyโ€™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.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Marilyn Monroeย : In Her Own Wordsย (1983), edited by Roger Taylor

โ€œThey feel fame gives them some kind ofย privilegeย to walk up to you and say anything to you, of any kind of nature โ€” and it wonโ€™t hurt your feelings โ€” like itโ€™s happening to your clothes not you.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, Comment on fame, quoted inย Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actressย (1993) by Carl E. Rollyson
girl quotes

โ€œSuccess makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasnโ€™t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย The Films of Barbra Streisandย (2001) by Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson

โ€œI donโ€™t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย Her Inspirationย : Secrets to Help You Work Smart, Be Successful, and Have Funย (2008) by Mina Parker

โ€œI sleep in the nude but I pull the sheets up.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, โ€œRare Marilyn: a portfolio work by 20 photographersโ€,ย American Photoย (May โ€“ June 1997)

โ€œPeople have curious attitudes about nudity just as they have about sex. Nudity and sex are the most commonplace things in the world. Yet people often act as if they were things that only existed on Mars.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, As quoted inย My Storyย (2006) by Marilyn Monroe and Ben Hecht p. 60

โ€œItโ€™s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone โ€“ so far.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, On Being Blondeย : Wit and Wisdom from the Worldโ€™s Most Infamous Blondesย (2004) p. 52
girly quotes

Fantastic Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œA career is wonderful, but you canโ€™t curl up with it on a cold nightโ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, On Being Blondeย : Wit and Wisdom from the Worldโ€™s Most Infamous Blondesย (2004) p. 53

โ€œPeople had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE, On Being Blondeย : Wit and Wisdom from the Worldโ€™s Most Infamous Blondesย (2004) p. 54

โ€œWhen it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then Iโ€™m already better than them.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œWe should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œShe was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And thatโ€™s important.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
career quotes

โ€œAll little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they arenโ€™t.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œBeneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI donโ€™t mind living in a manโ€™s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œThe nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œWho said nights were for sleep?โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
sleep quotes

Turtleโ€™s Favourite Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

โ€œKeep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and thereโ€™s so much to smile about.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œAll a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI donโ€™t mind making jokes, but I donโ€™t want to look like one.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œSex is part of nature. I go along with nature.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
smile quotes

โ€œYou never know what life is like, until you have lived it.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI restore myself when Iโ€™m alone.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œI have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œWhat do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of courseโ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œJust because you fail once doesnโ€™t mean youโ€™re gonna fail at everything.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE

โ€œIโ€™ve been on a calendar, but never on time.โ€

โ€“ MARILYN MONROE
marilyn monroe quotes

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