"It is wonderful to have someone praise..." - Quote by Marilyn Monroe
It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
More by Marilyn Monroe
“I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.”
“I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men.”
“An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?”
More on Validation
“Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.”
“In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.”
“Your own tactic is to train yourself in the art of becoming enigmatic to everybody. My young friend, suppose there was no one who troubld himself to guess your riddle--what joy, then, would you have in it?”
More on Desire
“If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's costliest wines blended in a chalice, I should dismiss him, in order to teach him that my pleasure consists, not in what I enjoy, but in having my own way.”
“O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world.”
“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.”