Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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

“Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”

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

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

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

“I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.”

“Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.”

“I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.”

“I restore myself when I'm alone.”

“It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone, so far.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured.”

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

“I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”

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

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

“It's not true I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”

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

“Dogs never bite me, just humans.”

“It's all make-believe, isn't it?”

“I defy gravity.”

“Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn.”

“I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”