Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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

Freedom, Stars, Few

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

True, Nothing, Radio

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

Working, Put, Whole

It's all make believe, isn't it?
Marilyn Monroe

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
Marilyn Monroe

Body, Seen, Meant

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn Monroe

God, Remember, Made

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
Marilyn Monroe

Girl, Worry, She

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 experience, but that's not where I live.
Marilyn Monroe

Experience, Live, Long

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn Monroe

Money, Treat, Machine

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe

Person, Trying, Maybe

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

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
Marilyn Monroe

Exciting, Dreaming, Actress

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.
Marilyn Monroe

Children, Else, Another

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

Work, Working, Whole

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.
Marilyn Monroe

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
Marilyn Monroe

Career, Talent, Public

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.
Marilyn Monroe

Change, Women, Start

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.
Marilyn Monroe

Woman, Feelings, Afraid

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.
Marilyn Monroe

Important, Woman, Makes

A smart girl leaves before she is left.
Marilyn Monroe

Smart, Girl, Before

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
Marilyn Monroe

Love, Strength, Strong

A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.
Marilyn Monroe

Love, Woman, She

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 by herself.
Marilyn Monroe

Alone, Woman, She

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.
Marilyn Monroe

Best, Woman, Intuition

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.'
Marilyn Monroe

Hurt, Sometimes, Tell

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 1, 1926

Died: August 5, 1962

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