Marilyn Monroe Quotes

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
Marilyn Monroe

Alone, Someone, Far

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn Monroe

Marriage, Love, Girl

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

Mind, Long, Woman

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

Women, Him, High

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

Human, Feelings, Talent

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

Career, Night, Wonderful

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.
Marilyn Monroe

Alone, Someone, Feeling

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're 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 soul.
Marilyn Monroe

Soul, Place, Kiss

I restore myself when I'm alone.
Marilyn Monroe

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
Marilyn Monroe

Nature, Sex, Along

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

Rules, Anywhere, Observed

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
Marilyn Monroe

Anyone, Believed, Dropped

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
Marilyn Monroe

Mind, Making, Jokes

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

Beautiful, Else, Anyone

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.
Marilyn Monroe

Change, Strong, Two

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
Marilyn Monroe

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

Guess, Fantasy, Housewife

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.
Marilyn Monroe

Life, Love, Wife

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

Money, Wonderful

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
Marilyn Monroe

Hate, Sex, Symbol

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
Marilyn Monroe

Respect, Men, Willing

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
Marilyn Monroe

Woman, Enjoy, Definitely

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
Marilyn Monroe

Good, Lovers, Husbands

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

Hurt, Sex, Tired

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 1, 1926

Died: August 5, 1962

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