Inspiring Quotes by Marilyn Monroe · Page 2

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

— Marilyn Monroe

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

— Marilyn Monroe

For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.

— Marilyn Monroe

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.

— Marilyn Monroe

I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.

— Marilyn Monroe

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives…

— Marilyn Monroe

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real…

— Marilyn Monroe

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes…

— Marilyn Monroe

My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other.…

— Marilyn Monroe

Everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like a sort of chunk out of you. I don' think they realize it,…

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

The first effect marriage had on me was to increase my lack of interest in sex… Actually our marriage was a sort…

— Marilyn Monroe

Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there…

— Marilyn Monroe

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

— Marilyn Monroe

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.

— Marilyn Monroe

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

— Marilyn Monroe

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.

— Marilyn Monroe

I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.

— Marilyn Monroe

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of…

— Marilyn Monroe

Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him.

— Marilyn Monroe

For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.

— Marilyn Monroe

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

— Marilyn Monroe

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

— Marilyn Monroe

That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed.

— Marilyn Monroe

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

— Marilyn Monroe

You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

— Marilyn Monroe

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the…

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you…

— Marilyn Monroe

Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in…

— Marilyn Monroe

A sex-symbol becomes a thing, I just hate being a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd…

— Marilyn Monroe

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak…

— Marilyn Monroe

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on…

— Marilyn Monroe

I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I…

— Marilyn Monroe

The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of…

— Marilyn Monroe