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I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.
Marilyn Monroe
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Try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.
Marilyn Monroe
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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.
Marilyn Monroe
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I could have loved you once And said it But then you went away And when you came back Love was a forgotten word, Remember?
Marilyn Monroe
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If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.
Marilyn Monroe
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I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.
Marilyn Monroe
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I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.
Marilyn Monroe
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Everyones childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand.
Marilyn Monroe
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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.
Marilyn Monroe
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If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell shouldn't schedule a meeting with me before 10am.
Marilyn Monroe
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It was my fans who made me a star.
Marilyn Monroe
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I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.
Marilyn Monroe
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Sex is nature, and I believe in going along with nature.
Marilyn Monroe
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I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
Marilyn Monroe
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It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment.
Marilyn Monroe
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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.
Marilyn Monroe
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It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
Marilyn Monroe
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It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.
Marilyn Monroe
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Creativity starts with humanity when were being human we feel - joys, sadness, when we're sick, when we're nervous.
Marilyn Monroe
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I've always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, 'Hi,' that the people ought to get their money's worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.
Marilyn Monroe
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Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
Marilyn Monroe
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You can read about yourself but what's important is how you feel about yourself.
Marilyn Monroe
