Marilyn Monroe Quotes

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
Marilyn Monroe

Actor, Sensitive, Instrument

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
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Good, Care, Everybody

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
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Nothing, Married, Dumb

At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.
Marilyn Monroe

Girl, Made, Body

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.
Marilyn Monroe

Beauty, Real, Cannot

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

Women, Men, Black

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.
Marilyn Monroe

Friend, Fire, Find

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman.
Marilyn Monroe

Time, Woman, Night

Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.
Marilyn Monroe

Gay, Human, Humanity

Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn.
Marilyn Monroe

Spring, Autumn, Warm

Dogs never bite me - just humans.
Marilyn Monroe

Dogs, Humans, Bite

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
Marilyn Monroe

Anniversary, Love, Friendship

Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
Marilyn Monroe

Fame, Bit, Temporary

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

Both, Fame, Fickle

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
Marilyn Monroe

Good, Fame, Meal

Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you.
Marilyn Monroe

Long, May, Fame

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
Marilyn Monroe

Fear, Stupid, Regrets

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

Time, Mother, Long

Friends accept you the way you are.
Marilyn Monroe

Friends, Accept

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

Bird, Wants, Hug

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

Men, Business, Worry

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

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.
Marilyn Monroe

Fear, Child, Biggest

How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
Marilyn Monroe

Girl, Sex, Needs

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

Next, Mirror, Camera

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 1, 1926

Died: August 5, 1962

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