Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Imperfection is beauty; Madness is genius. And it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Who said nights were for sleep?

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.

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...

Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.

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

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But my god, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

I’m trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that’s not easy to do.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

I guess I have always been
deeply terrified to really be someone's
wife
since I know from life
one cannot love another,
ever, really

A girl doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.