Marilyn Quotes

Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him.

Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

Nights are not just for sleep.

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.

For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.

I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another - it shows an inner life. I like to see that there’s something going on inside them.

I think I made his back feel better.

People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.

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

People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person.

Ever since I became a movie star,I've been really weird.

It stirs up envy, fame does.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

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.

I have too much imagination to be a housewife

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.

Just because you've failed once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything.

I want the world to see my body.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

I won't be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn't mean I want them to stop looking.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved people.

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

Do not worry, and worry.

I think every human being knows how to hate. Because if they didn't know how to hate how to hate they wouldn't know how to love.

[On middle age:] ... the very real possibility for you of growing fat as you near death and thus being seen by everyone while you are both DEAD AND FAT.

Middle Age, a restful, welcome break from real life, brings some unique opportunities.

The only real meaning in life can be found in a good man. And maybe Paris. Preferably the two together.

Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.

I would not encourage children or teens to multitask because we don't know where those efforts may lead.

It's fear that makes a situation dangerous.

Even enlightened despots don't make very good teachers.

I was unwilling to be the good girl who respected the rules in a game designed to keep everyone but the rulemakers off balance.

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

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

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated your lover knows you can't.

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

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

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

Truth builds trust.

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course

For every dilemma, find at least three or four possible solutions. The creative process leads to better results.

Always go after the girl. No matter what she says. Chase her.

Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood.

Notice the difference between being in control and needing control.

When you depersonalize abrasive behavior and see it as a call for help you become a catalyst for the best kind of change.

Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside.

When you give appreciation IN ORDER TO get something– it's manipulation and people can sense it. Appreciate genuinely.