Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

“...If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything...”

“I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.”

“the nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least i can dream”

“I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face Ive made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then youd never complete your life, would you? Youd never wholly know you”

“If Id observed all the rules, Id never have got anywhere”

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

“Its better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.”

“I dont know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot”

“If Im a star, then the people made me a star.”

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

“People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didnt see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.”

“With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody elses ideas about you, but whats important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.”

“Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.”

“Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”

“My illusions didnt have anything to do with being a fine actress, I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!”

“Ive been on a calendar, but Ive never been on time.”

“There was my name up in lights. I said, God, somebodys made a mistake. But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, Remember, youre not a star. Yet there it was up in lights.”

“I learned to walk as a baby and I havent had a lesson since.”

“Thats the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if Im going to be a symbol of something, Id rather have it sex than some other things weve got symbols of.”

“I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. Ive tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.”