Marilyn Monroe

“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...”

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

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

“If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.”

“When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.”

“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.”

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

“Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I go shopping or just look at people living. But then, you know, there will be a few teenager...”

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

“I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.”

“There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.”

“It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.”

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

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

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

“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 cor...”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”