This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth.
—Marilyn Monroe
I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Women
The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Worry, Censorship
I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Punctuality
Hollywood’s a place where they’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.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Hollywood, Fame
I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Talent
I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Jokes
Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
—Marilyn Monroe
I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Money
Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Fame
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Boredom
I restore myself when I’m alone.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Solitude
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.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Acceptance
Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
—Marilyn Monroe
Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I’ve experienced them both.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Fame
No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Beauty
Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Protest
When they said Canada, I thought it was up in the mountains somewhere.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Canada
It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Unhappiness
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Sex
A career is born in public – talent in privacy.
—Marilyn Monroe
Topics: Career
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