Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
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Friends accept you the way you are.
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That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.
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I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.
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Squeezing yourself to ooze out the last ounce of sex allure is terribly hard. I'd like to do roles like Julie in Bury the Dead, Gretchen in Faust and Teresa in Cradle Song.
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I don't want to play sex roles any more. I'm tired of being known as the girl with the shape.
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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.
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Always admired men who had many women. It must be that to a child of a dissatisfied woman the idea of monogamy is hollow.
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If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
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If marriage were only bed, we could have made it.
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There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
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Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all.
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It might be a kind of relief to be finished. You have to start all over again. But I believe you’re always as good as your potential. I now live in my work and in a few relationships with the few people I can really count on. Fame will go by, and, 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 experienced, but that’s not where I live.
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Beneath the makeup & behind the smile I'm just the girl who wishes for the world. A wise girl kisses, but doesn't love. Listens but dosen't believe. And leaves before she is left. If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything. 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.
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I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.
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I'm pretty, but not beautiful. I sin, but I'm not the devil. I'm good, but I'm not an angel.
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Men are climbing to the moon, but they don’t seem interested in the beating human heart.
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Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you.
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I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.
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Sometimes I think I was more in control of my life years and years ago, and yet one should make progress; one should learn more every year and become…well, if not happier, then calmer and more able to handle your problems. But I’m not. Sometimes I just seem to make more problems for myself. I do. It makes me feel I haven’t grown up as much as I should have by now.
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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.
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If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.
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When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.
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This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.