"I'm for the individual as opposed to..." - Quote by Marilyn Monroe
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.
More by Marilyn Monroe
“Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.”
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
“Only parts of us will ever touch only parts of others.”
More on Individualism
“I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.”
“In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.”
“The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.”
More on Society
“Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay.”
“If you approach a film with the feeling that you are going to have some impact on society then you're liable to get carried away with yourself. Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, "Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie.”
“"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"”