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Marilyn Monroe
Quotes by Marilyn Monroe
Quotes by Marilyn Monroe
“I wanted to ask a thousand questions, but there was no one to ask. Besides I knew that people only told lies to children-lies about everything from soup to Santa Claus.”
Marilyn Monroe
“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”
Marilyn Monroe
“People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.”
Marilyn Monroe
“In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hair-do. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. 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
“But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium.”
Marilyn Monroe
“If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.”
Marilyn Monroe
“A girl doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her”
Marilyn Monroe
“I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
Marilyn Monroe
“Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, Sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
Marilyn Monroe
“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
“I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me—and that I've made of myself—as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it”
Marilyn Monroe
“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.”
Marilyn Monroe
