Marilyn Monroe
95 quotes
Biography
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution.
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am 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."
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
"If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything."
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."
"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 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."
"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."
"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."
"If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."
"It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far."
"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."
"We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't."
"She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know"
"All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't."
"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."
"Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world."
"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it."
"The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream."
"Who said nights were for sleep?"
"You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself."
"All we demanded was our right to twinkle."
"It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."
"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."