Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

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

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

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

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

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

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

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

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've never dropped anyone I believed in.

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

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

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

I restore myself when I'm alone.

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

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.

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.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

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

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

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

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.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.