Marilyn Monroe

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

“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. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you...”

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

“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.”

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”

“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.”

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

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

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”

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

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”

“All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.”

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

“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”

“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.”

“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.”

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know”

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

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

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

“Who said nights were for sleep?”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.”

“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 togethe...”

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

“When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.”

“They will only care when you're gone.”

“You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.”

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

“Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wide single bed, and I use only one heavy down comforter over me, summer or winter. I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep.”

“I just want to be wonderful.”

“I restore myself when I'm alone.”

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

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

“We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.”

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

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

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

“When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.”

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

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

“When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.”

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

“I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.”

“I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.”

“Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.”

“If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.”

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

“I don't digest things with my mind.”

“Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.”

“Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.”

“It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.”

“I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it's disappointing.”

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

“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.”

“I've always wanted a baby.”

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

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

“A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.”

“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 have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.”

“We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.”

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

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”

“Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.”

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

“Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.”

“What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?”

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