Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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.

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

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

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

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night’s date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn’t think of looking at another woman.

Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

When I was five, I think, that’s when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn’t like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.

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

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.

My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I’m not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I’m 50?

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

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.

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

I don’t know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can’t stand to be invited someplace that isn’t full of other important people. They don’t mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

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

A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.