Marilyn Monroe Quotes

“Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.”

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

“I want the world to see my body.”

“My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.”

“I'm going to be a great movie star some day.”

“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”

“Happiness is not in money, but in shopping.”

“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”

“We should all start to live before we get too old.”

“Dogs have never hurt me. Only men have.”

“Remember now, Cheers, no tears.”

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

“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.”

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

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”

“I have too much imagination to be a housewife”

“A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.”

“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.”

“If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best.”

“I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.”

“Jewish men don't know anything.”

“Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought the studio. It was an art that transformed you into somebody else, that increased your life and mind. I had always loved acting and tried hard to learn it. But with Michael Chekhov, acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.”

“Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?' My answer was then and still is, 'If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.'”

“Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.”

“When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you treat them like nothing. Learn to be a good friend because one day you're gonna look up and say I lost a good friend. Learn how to be respectful to your friends, don't just start arguments with them and don't tell them the reason, always remember your friends will be there quicker than your family. Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what. Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.”