Quotes from Marilyn Monroe

But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium.

They will only care when you're gone.

A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.

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

I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

just because you fail once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything. keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself because if you don't, then who will? so keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

A smile is the best makeup a girl could wear

I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me—and that I've made of myself—as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it

Maybe I'll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.

all girls are beautiful in their own way

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.

try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.

I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.

I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn't see or hear or touch.

Only parts of us will ever touch only parts of others.

open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied with the life you are living?

if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Yes, there was something special about me, and I knew what it was. I was the kind of girl they found dead in a hall bedroom with an empty bottle of sleeping pills in her hand.

Fear is stupid, so are regrets.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

In spite of everything life is not without hope.

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

I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful. I sin but I'm not the devil. I'm good, but I'm not an angel

Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.