Marilyn Monroe Quotes

American - Actress June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962 Read full biography

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I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

Love, Good, Girl, I Am, Small, Angel

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Beauty, Boring, Imperfection, Genius

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm 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.

Best, Me, You, Selfish, Mistakes, Hell

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. - Marilyn Monroe

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

Girl, Shoes, World, She, Conquer, Right

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Success, Eyes, Hate, People, You, Enjoy

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. - Marilyn Monroe

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

Stars, Deserve, Us, Twinkle

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.

Eyes, Man, Romantic, Smiling, You, Space

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far. - Marilyn Monroe

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

Alone, Better, Unhappy, Someone, Than

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. - Marilyn Monroe

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

Nature, Sex, Go, Part, Along

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.

Love, Strength, Woman, Man, Strong, Weak

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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.

Friendship, Love, Good, Marriage, Happy

A smart girl leaves before she is left. - Marilyn Monroe

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

Girl, Smart, She, Left, Before, Leaves

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection. - Marilyn Monroe

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

Life, Feel, Sometimes, Rejection, Big

I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.

Dress, School, Me, Friends, High School

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. - Marilyn Monroe

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

Girl, You, Laugh, Her, Anything, Make

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

Woman, Best, Me, Feel, Way, Things

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous. - Marilyn Monroe

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.

Think, Sexuality, Only, Attractive

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.

Beauty, Glamour, Real, Like, Cannot

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

Truth, Men, Fool, Truth Is, Sometimes

Fear is stupid. So are regrets. - Marilyn Monroe

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

Fear, Stupid, Regrets

We should all start to live before we get too old. - Marilyn Monroe

We should all start to live before we get too old.

Live, Start, Get, Old, Should, Too

I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing 'Happy Birthday,' like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!'

Birthday, Happy, Me, Thought, Place

Dogs never bite me - just humans. - Marilyn Monroe

Dogs never bite me - just humans.

Me, Never, Dogs, Just, Bite, Humans

I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.

Alone, I Am, Always, Matter, Am

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

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

Woman, Best, Intuition, Instinct, Knows

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream. - Marilyn Monroe

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Sleep, Me, Dream, I Can, Thing, Then

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