Quotes from Marilyn Monroe

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

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death.

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

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

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better to absolutely ridiculus than absolutely boring.

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

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

When they said Canada, I thought it was up in the mountains somewhere.

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

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold on to him. After marriage, she has to hold on to him to make love to him.

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

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, you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Boys think girls are like books. If the cover doesn't catch their eye, they won't bother to read what's inside.

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

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

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

Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

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.