Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.

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

A friend tells you what you want to hear;a best friend tells you the truth.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.

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.

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

I think cheesecake helps call attention to you. Then you can follow through and prove yourself.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I only stop when I'm done.

If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?

I keep my undies in the icebox!

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

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

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.

I'm pretty, but not beautiful. I sin, but I'm not the devil. I'm good, but I'm not an angel.

When it gets hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the ice box.

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

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.

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

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

Friends accept you the way you are.

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

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.

It’s easier to look sexy when you’re thinking of one man in particular.

It's better being completely ridiculous than unbelievably boring.

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.

If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.

This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

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.

A career is a wonderful thing, but you can't snuggle up to it at night.

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

Happiness is not in money, but in shopping.

Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will??

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.

I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?

Happiness is the most important thing in the world, without it, you live a life of depression.

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

The worst thing that happens to people when they dress up and go to a party is that they leave their real selves at home.

Love is something you cant invent, no matter how much you want to.

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

If fame goes by, 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.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.