Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Next to my husband and along with Marlon Brando, Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I've never liked the name Marilyn. I've often wished that I had held out that day for Jean Monroe. But I guess… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
As far as I can make out, women's friendships with each other are based on a gush of lies and pretty speeches… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Everyone's just laughing at me. I hate it. Big breasts, big ass, big deal, Can't I be anything else ? Gee, how long can… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeites...the… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The worst thing that happens to people when they dress up and go to a party is that they leave their real selves at… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupied so are regrets. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
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… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
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… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image