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Marilyn Monroe Quotes



Quotes by Marilyn Monroe - (23 quotes)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Creativity category:

Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Dissatisfaction category:

My illusions didn't 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! (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Eccentricity category:

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Envy category:

It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Fame category:

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

Marilyn Monroe - From the Fame category:

Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've experienced them both. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Fantasy category:

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife... I guess I am a fantasy. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Gender category:

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Happiness category:

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Individuality category:

I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Money category:

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Money category:

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Performance category:

It's all make believe, isn't it? (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Performance category:

Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Profession category:

A career is wonderful thing, but you can't snuggle up to it on a cold night. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Recognition category:

It's better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Rules category:

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Searching category:

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Shock category:

I love to do the things the censors won't pass. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Solitude category:

A career is born in public - talent in privacy. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Survival category:

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Temperament category:

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe - From the Work category:

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation - but I'm working on the foundation. (Marilyn Monroe)