Marilyn Monroe Quotes that Pictures Love and Life

Filed in Motivation, Quote by on February 27, 2022

– Marilyn Monroe Quotes –

Do you know that Marilyn Monroe is one of the most well-known and attractive actresses in history? She was an American actress, model, and singer whose beauty and ability captivated the globe. Marilyn Monroe quotes showed how she had great depth and insight. 

Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Here are some inspirational Marilyn Monroe quotes on love, success, relationships and much more.

1. “I think that sexuality is only attractive when it’s natural and spontaneous.”

2. “A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.”

3. “Boys think girls are like books. If the cover doesn’t catch their eye, they won’t bother to read what’s inside.”

4. “The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”

5. “I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.”

6. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.”

7. “One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.”

8. “A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.”

9. “They think I’m crazy, but trust me… I’m 100% there.”

10. “We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”

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

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

13. “If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.”

14. “Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”

15. “I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.”

16. “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.”

17. “If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never got anywhere.”

18. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”

19. “Always, always, always believe in yourself. Because if you don’t then who will, sweetie?”

20. “Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”

21. “We are all stars but we must learn how to shine.”

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22. “I think that love and work are the only things that really happen to us.”

23. “Above all, I want to be treated as a human being.”

24. “It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone–so far.”

25. “I think there are two things in human beings… they want to be alone, but they also want to be together.”

26. “A smile is the best makeup a girl can wear.”

27. “If I am a star, the people made me a star.”

28. “I dress for men. A woman looks at your clothes critically. A man appreciates them.”

29. “If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.”

30. “I am very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”

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31. “I think I’m a mixture of simplicity and complexes, but I’m beginning to understand myself now.”

32. “I never wanted to be Marilyn–it just happened. Marilyn’s like a veil I wear over Norma Jean.”

33. “There isn’t anybody that looks like me without clothes on.”

34. “It’s nice to be included in people’s fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”

35. “Fame is like caviar, you know—it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.”

36. “Happy birthday, Mr President.”

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

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38. “I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”

39. “If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”

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

41. “A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.”

42. “Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one.”

43. “A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.”

44. “For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”

45. “Anything’s possible, almost.”

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46. “Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.”

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

48. “The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.”

49. “I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.”

50. “Beneath the makeup and behind the smile, I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”

51. I restore myself when I’m alone.

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

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

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

55. We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

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

57. I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

58. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity.

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

60. A smart girl leaves before she is left.

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

62. One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

63. The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes – or just by staring into space.

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

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

66. I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay! 

67. Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

68. I like to feel blonde all over.

69. Temptation is just the devil’s way of inviting you to play. To stay strong, just know when to take a bite, and when to say no. A real woman knows when to be bad, and when to be badder.

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Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Beauty

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

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

72. 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 of friendship. 

73. You know, most people really don’t know me. 

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

75. “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”

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

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77. “Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together”

78. “I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”

79. This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up.

80. With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

81. I want to grow old without facelifts… I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I’ve made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know you.

82. Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

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83. I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

84. “The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream”

85. I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking.

86. I’m one of the world’s most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.

87. Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I’ve experienced them both.

88. A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I’m afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

89. My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I’m working on the foundation.

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90. I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

91. I’m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they’ve made of me–and that I’ve made of myself–as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman’s and I can’t live up to it.

92. A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.

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

94. If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do? Look intelligent?

95. It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.

Relationship Regret Quotes

96. I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead, they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.

97. It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

98. I love to do the things the censors won’t pass.

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

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

101. 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.

102. 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.

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103. Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

104. In spite of everything, life is not without hope.

105. A girl doesn’t need anyone that doesn’t need her.

106. The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

107. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

108. I don’t mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity.

109. All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.

110. Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?

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

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Real Marilyn Monroe Quotes

112. Its not too much fun to know yourself too well or think you do — everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through and past the falls.

113. This is supposed to be an art form, not just a manufacturing establishment. The sensitivity that helps me to act, you see, also makes me react. An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

114. How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

115. Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.

116. Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.

117. That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.

118. Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.

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119. You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.

120. Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.

121. Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.

122. I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

123. Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.

124. For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.

125. I’m trying to find the nailhead, not just strike the blow.– Marilyn Monroe

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