Marilyn Monroe quote: "I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity."

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
MARILYN MONROE

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fi...
MARILYN MONROE

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've ...
MARILYN MONROE

Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wi...
MARILYN MONROE

A smart girl leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE

How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
MARILYN MONROE

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself ...
MARILYN MONROE

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
MARILYN MONROE

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on ...
MARILYN MONROE

A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. lik...
MARILYN MONROE

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit...
MARILYN MONROE

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it w...
MARILYN MONROE

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
MARILYN MONROE

A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. Sh...
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never comple...
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened...
MARILYN MONROE

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE

I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
MARILYN MONROE

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn&...
MARILYN MONROE

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way,...
MARILYN MONROE

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feel...
MARILYN MONROE

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and w...
MARILYN MONROE

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
MARILYN MONROE

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't...
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What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
MARILYN MONROE

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
MARILYN MONROE

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him t...
MARILYN MONROE

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
MARILYN MONROE

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.
MARILYN MONROE

Friends accept you the way you are.
MARILYN MONROE

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.
MARILYN MONROE

Next to my husband, and along with Marlon Brando, I think that Yves Montand is the most attractive m...
MARILYN MONROE

We should all start to live before we get too old.
MARILYN MONROE

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
MARILYN MONROE

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
MARILYN MONROE

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
MARILYN MONROE

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absol...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't digest things with my mind.
MARILYN MONROE

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE

I like to feel blonde all over.
MARILYN MONROE

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
MARILYN MONROE

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
MARILYN MONROE

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do...
MARILYN MONROE

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
MARILYN MONROE

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
MARILYN MONROE

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about m...
MARILYN MONROE

It's all make believe, isn't it?
MARILYN MONROE

My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick ...
MARILYN MONROE

You know, most people really don't know me.
MARILYN MONROE

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
MARILYN MONROE

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
MARILYN MONROE

I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.
MARILYN MONROE

Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up...
MARILYN MONROE

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.
MARILYN MONROE

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
MARILYN MONROE

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE

The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &...
MARILYN MONROE

I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi...
MARILYN MONROE

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
MARILYN MONROE

Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.
MARILYN MONROE

Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've exper...
MARILYN MONROE

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the ...
MARILYN MONROE

No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl
MARILYN MONROE

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I...
MARILYN MONROE

In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, ...
MARILYN MONROE

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
MARILYN MONROE

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, thing...
MARILYN MONROE

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
MARILYN MONROE

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or j...
MARILYN MONROE

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night
MARILYN MONROE

We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this na...
MARILYN MONROE

All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
MARILYN MONROE

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE

It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
MARILYN MONROE

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal t...
MARILYN MONROE

I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and wh...
MARILYN MONROE

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady
MARILYN MONROE

It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
MARILYN MONROE

When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you trea...
MARILYN MONROE

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting ...
MARILYN MONROE

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
MARILYN MONROE

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutel...
MARILYN MONROE

If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times har...
MARILYN MONROE

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has a cleavage; they ought to worry if she has...
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolute...
MARILYN MONROE

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So...
MARILYN MONROE

A place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.
MARILYN MONROE

Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
MARILYN MONROE

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE

I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE

Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging ...
MARILYN MONROE

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn'...
MARILYN MONROE

A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is born in public, talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting al...
MARILYN MONROE

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling pass...
MARILYN MONROE

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
MARILYN MONROE

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'...
MARILYN MONROE

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy...
MARILYN MONROE

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.
MARILYN MONROE

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for you...
MARILYN MONROE

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sittin...
MARILYN MONROE

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasti...
MARILYN MONROE

Dogs never bite me - just humans.
MARILYN MONROE

Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g...
MARILYN MONROE

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
MARILYN MONROE

I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square ...
MARILYN MONROE

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - ...
MARILYN MONROE

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturer...
MARILYN MONROE

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few rema...
MARILYN MONROE

I restore myself when I'm alone.
MARILYN MONROE

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength again...
MARILYN MONROE

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.
MARILYN MONROE

Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel li...
MARILYN MONROE

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at t...
MARILYN MONROE

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'...
MARILYN MONROE

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
MARILYN MONROE

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.
MARILYN MONROE

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
MARILYN MONROE

There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's al...
MARILYN MONROE

A smart girl leaves before she is left
MARILYN MONROE

Who said nights were for sleep?
MARILYN MONROE

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and a...
MARILYN MONROE

I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up...
MARILYN MONROE

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.
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What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody:...
MARILYN MONROE

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ...
MARILYN MONROE

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
MARILYN MONROE

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
MARILYN MONROE

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

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but ...
MARILYN MONROE

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I sa...
MARILYN MONROE

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're p...
MARILYN MONROE

Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for a...
MARILYN MONROE

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You g...
MARILYN MONROE

I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.
MARILYN MONROE

I wish I knew why I am so anguished.
MARILYN MONROE

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...
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A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
MARILYN MONROE

I defy gravity.
MARILYN MONROE

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.
MARILYN MONROE

I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot...
MARILYN MONROE

Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?
MARILYN MONROE

Ever notice that what the hell is always the right decision?
MARILYN MONROE

I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as i can be a woman in it.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm going to be a great movie star some day.
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous then absolutl...
MARILYN MONROE

I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE

...If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything...
MARILYN MONROE

If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monoton...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.
MARILYN MONROE

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most importa...
MARILYN MONROE

(Joe) You’ve never heard such cheering,
MARILYN MONROE

I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that sometimes I was fooling somebody; I do...
MARILYN MONROE

That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd ...
MARILYN MONROE

There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will r...
MARILYN MONROE

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times ha...
MARILYN MONROE

Wise woman kisses, but doesn't love, listens, but doesn't believe, and leaves before she's left.
MARILYN MONROE

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I'm just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I hav...
MARILYN MONROE

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE

I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for ...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot
MARILYN MONROE

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people ca...
MARILYN MONROE

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What i...
MARILYN MONROE

We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and litt...
MARILYN MONROE

The only person I know who is in worse shape than I am (on Montgomery Clift).
MARILYN MONROE

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know
MARILYN MONROE

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
MARILYN MONROE

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I...
MARILYN MONROE

All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
MARILYN MONROE

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?
MARILYN MONROE

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.
MARILYN MONROE

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much ali...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

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Marilyn Monroe

I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

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