Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

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.

• I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.

• I don't mind living in a man's world as long as i can be a woman in it.

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

• I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

• No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.

• I've been on a calender, but never on time.

• An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

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

• I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.'

• I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

• Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

• It's all make believe, isn't it?

• A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.

• Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle.

• I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

• Ever notice that what the hell is always the right decision?

• I've been on a calendar, but never on time.

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

• Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?