A Candle in the Wind | 109 Marilyn Monroe Quotes
What can one say about Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926- August 5, 1962) and why are we so interested in the words of this incredibly sensuous, naturally photogenic actress? Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, she grew up in foster care. Being placed in various facilities, she was traumatized by such experiences and having a troubled childhood took a toll on her for the rest of her life. However, little did she know then how her fame would reach such high limits and she would be world known still today.
It was after her modeling days when her hair color changed from brunette to blonde and then had her name changed, that she was noticed and started a career in show-business. Monroe was on the top of Hollywood’s A-list as her sexy image and her wild popularity grew more and more. During her years on the silver screen, she enchanted and wowed audiences across the globe with her sex appeal. Her turmoiled personal relationships were front page news as she had been involved with and married to America’s all star baseball player Joe DiMaggio, American playwright Arthur Miller and police detective James Dougherty. This blonde bombshell took the world by storm in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The seven year itch and Some like it hot, to name but a few. Marilyn is still remembered for her iconic beauty, personality and, unfortunately, her too short-lived life. Even today more than half a century after her death, this much admired remarkable star remains one of the most storied and mythologized figures in history – and her words still echo to people that have known life both through hardship and the dazzle of the spotlights.
Here you will find a wide range of quotes from this sex symbol, to motivate everyone across the world and inspire loved ones and friends with her unique outlook and mindset.
Table of Contents
- Short Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- Best Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Beauty
- Inspirational Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- Marilyn Monroe Love Quotes
Short Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- A smile is the best makeup a girl could wear. Marilyn Monroe
- We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. Marilyn Monroe
- A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none. Marilyn Monroe
- Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. Marilyn Monroe
- If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. Marilyn Monroe
- I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done. Marilyn Monroe
- What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course. Marilyn Monroe
- Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life. Marilyn Monroe
- Who said nights were for sleep? Marilyn Monroe
- Fame is like caviar, you know — it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. Marilyn Monroe
- How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. Marilyn Monroe
- If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman. Marilyn Monroe
- It’s all make believe, isn’t it? Marilyn Monroe
- I restore myself when I’m alone. Marilyn Monroe
- I defy gravity. Marilyn Monroe
- It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far. Marilyn Monroe
- A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth. Marilyn Monroe
- A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her. Marilyn Monroe
- A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night. Marilyn Monroe
- Never let anyone dull your sparkle. Marilyn Monroe
- The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. Marilyn Monroe
- I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time. Marilyn Monroe
- I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one. Marilyn Monroe
- Love is rare, love is strange, nothing lasts and people change. Marilyn Monroe
- Dogs never bite me. Just humans. Marilyn Monroe
- Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. Marilyn Monroe
- I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe
- I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it. Marilyn Monroe
- It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on. Marilyn Monroe
- If I’d observed all the rules I’d never have got anywhere. Marilyn Monroe
- I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot! Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing. Marilyn Monroe
- We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets. Marilyn Monroe
- I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy. Marilyn Monroe
- A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself. Marilyn Monroe
- Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. Marilyn Monroe
- The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves. Marilyn Monroe
- It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Marilyn Monroe
- Anything’s possible, almost. Marilyn Monroe
- Being normal is boring! Marilyn Monroe
- Assimilation is much more joyful than conformity, when you try to change you try to fit yourself to other people’s standards. Marilyn Monroe
- Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them. Marilyn Monroe
- Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one. Marilyn Monroe
- I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it. Marilyn Monroe
- I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else. Marilyn Monroe
- If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. Marilyn Monroe
- Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer? Marilyn Monroe
- Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary. Marilyn Monroe
- For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented. Marilyn Monroe
- For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit. Marilyn Monroe
- Open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied with the life you are living? Marilyn Monroe
- I have too many fantasies to be a housewife…. I guess I am a fantasy. Marilyn Monroe
- There are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium. Marilyn Monroe
- I think that sexuality is only attractive when it’s natural and spontaneous. Marilyn Monroe
- I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. Marilyn Monroe
- I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people. Marilyn Monroe
- If I’m a star, then the people made me a star. Marilyn Monroe
- It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde. Marilyn Monroe
- Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope. Marilyn Monroe
- Men are climbing to the moon, but they don’t seem interested in the beating human heart. Marilyn Monroe
- Only parts of us will ever touch only parts of others. Marilyn Monroe
- They will only care when you’re gone. Marilyn Monroe
- You never know what life is like, until you have lived it. Marilyn Monroe
- Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world. Marilyn Monroe
- Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature. Marilyn Monroe
Best Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents. Marilyn Monroe
- 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 don’t deserve me at my best. Marilyn Monroe
- Girls will be your friends – they’ll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything – they’re your true best friends. Don’t let go of them. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- In Hollywood a girl’s virtue is much less important than her hair-do. You’re judged by how you look, not by what you are. Marilyn Monroe
- When you’re young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again. Marilyn Monroe
- Acting isn’t something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you’re going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Beauty
- To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly. Marilyn Monroe
- I dress for men. A woman looks at your clothes critically. A man appreciates them. Marilyn Monroe
- I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. Marilyn Monroe
- The way you carry yourself is influenced by the way you feel inside. You must feel attractive to be attractive. Marilyn Monroe
- One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel. Marilyn Monroe
- Designers want me to dress like spring, in billowing things. I don’t feel like spring. I feel like a warm red autumn. Marilyn Monroe
- I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another — it shows an inner life. I like to see that there’s something going on inside them. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- There’s only one sort of natural blonde on earth – albinos. Marilyn Monroe
- Your clothes should be tight enough to show you’re a woman but loose enough to show you’re a lady. Marilyn Monroe
- All girls are beautiful in their own way. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
Inspirational Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? So, keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about. Marilyn Monroe
- Just be yourself, the way you are. Because that’s what makes you different and distinguishable and unique from every other individual. Marilyn Monroe
- I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe Love Quotes
- The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes or by just staring into space. Marilyn Monroe
- The most unsatisfactory men are those who pride themselves on their virility and regard sex as if it were some form of athletics at which you can win cups. It is a woman’s spirit and mood a man has to stimulate in order to make sex interesting. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside. Marilyn Monroe
- I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. Marilyn Monroe
- Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives. Marilyn Monroe
- As for lovers, well, they’ll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them – actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can’t give up because if you give up, you’ll never find your soulmate. You’ll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Marilyn Monroe
- I could never pretend something I didn’t feel. I could never make love if I didn’t love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes. Marilyn Monroe
- I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really. Marilyn Monroe
- 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. Marilyn Monroe
- A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left. Marilyn Monroe
- I know I’m not a perfect person but I can make a good relationship last forever. Marilyn Monroe
- Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak. Marilyn Monroe
- I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent. Marilyn Monroe
- You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love. Marilyn Monroe
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