Marilyn Monroe Quotes And Sayings

It's Better To Be Unhappy Alone Than Unhappy With Someone - So Far.

I Knew I Belonged To The Public And To The World, Not Because I Was Talented Or Even Beautiful, But Because I Had Never Belonged To Anything Or Anyone Else.

My Work Is The Only Ground I've Ever Had To Stand On. To Put It Bluntly, I Seem To Have A Whole Superstructure With No Foundation, But I'm Working On The Foundation.

I Am Invariably Late For Appointments - Sometimes As Much As Two Hours. I've Tried To Change My Ways But The Things That Make Me Late Are Too Strong, And Too Pleasing.

I Guess I Have Always Been Deeply Terrified To Really Be Someone's Wife Since I Know From Life One Cannot Love Another, Ever, Really.

I Think I Have Always Had A Little Humor.

I Don't Digest Things With My Mind.

I Don't Want Everybody To See Exactly Where I Live, What My Sofa Or My Fireplace Looks Like.

Friends Accept You The Way You Are.

With Fame, You Know, You Can Read About Yourself, Somebody Else's Ideas About You, But What's Important Is How You Feel About Yourself - For Survival And Living Day To Day With What Comes Up.

Fame Doesn't Fulfill You. It Warms You A Bit, But That Warmth Is Temporary.

I Often Wake Up In The Night, And I Like To Have Something To Think About.

Designers Want Me To Dress Like Spring, In Billowing Things. I Don't Feel Like Spring. I Feel Like A Warm Red Autumn.

The Working Men, I'll Go By And They'll Whistle. At First They Whistle Because They Think, 'Oh, It's A Girl. She's Got Blond Hair And She's Not Out Of Shape,' And Then They Say, 'Gosh, It's Marilyn Monroe!'

Some Of My Foster Families Used To Send Me To The Movies To Get Me Out Of The House And There I'd Sit All Day And Way Into The Night. Up In Front, There With The Screen So Big, A Little Kid All Alone, And I Loved It. I Loved Anything That Moved Up There And I Didn't Miss Anything That Happened And There Was No Popcorn Either.

I Enjoy Acting When You Really Hit It Right.

Creativity Has Got To Start With Humanity And When You're A Human Being, You Feel, You Suffer. You're Gay, You're Sick, You're Nervous Or Whatever.

I'm One Of The World's Most Self-conscious People. I Really Have To Struggle.

I Think That Sexuality Is Only Attractive When It's Natural And Spontaneous.

All My Stepchildren Carried The Burden Of My Fame. Sometimes They Would Read Terrible Things About Me, And I'd Worry About Whether It Would Hurt Them. I Would Tell Them: 'Don't Hide These Things From Me. I'd Rather You Ask Me These Things Straight Out, And I'll Answer All Your Questions.'

I Have Always Had A Talent For Irritating Women Since I Was Fourteen.

I Have Been Told My Eating Habits Are Absolutely Bizarre. But I Don't Think So.

I Am Alone; I Am Always Alone No Matter What.

A Woman Can Bring A New Love To Each Man She Loves, Providing There Are Not Too Many.

At Twelve I Looked Like A Girl Of Seventeen. My Body Was Developed And Shapely. I Still Wore The Blue Dress And The Blouse The Orphanage Provided. They Made Me Look Like An Overgrown Lummox.

If I'd Observed All The Rules, I'd Never Have Got Anywhere.

Nothing's Ever Easy As Long As You Go On Living.

I Want The World To See My Body.

Millions Of People Live Their Entire Lives Without Finding Themselves. But It Is Something I Must Do.

Girdles And Wire Stays Should Have Never Been Invented. No Man Wants To Hug A Padded Bird Cage.

A Man Makes You Feel Important - Makes You Glad You Are A Woman.

One Of The Best Things That Ever Happened To Me Is That I'm A Woman. That Is The Way All Females Should Feel.

What Good Am I? I Can't Have Kids. I Can't Cook. I've Been Divorced Three Times. Who Would Want Me?

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.

There Is Just No Comparison Between Having A Dinner Date With A Man And Staying Home Playing Canasta With The Girls.

I Remember When I Was In High School I Didn't Have A New Dress For Each Special Occasion. The Girls Would Bring The Fact To My Attention, Not Always Too Delicately. The Boys, However, Never Bothered With The Subject. They Were My Friends, Not Because Of The Size Of My Wardrobe But Because They Liked Me.