Marilyn Monroe wise quotes

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 wise quotes

I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I’m 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

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship

Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it

Dogs never bite me – just humans

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

If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere

I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world

Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul

A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far

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

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

I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot

I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it

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

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

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them

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

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in

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

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

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

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful

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

I restore myself when I’m alone

About two-faced people

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything

A smart girl leaves before she is left

I had never belonged to anything or anyone else

I am invariably late for appointments

Marilyn Monroe wise quotes