Quotes from Marilyn Monroe

I didn't mind being a goof if only he loved me. I felt when we were together that I walked in the gutter and he on the sidewalk. All I did was keep looking up to see if there was love in his eyes

But as long as one is alive, one can be vital. But you don't give up until you stop breathing.

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!

to know reality (or things as they are than to have not to know and to have few illusions as possible— train my will now

The true things rarely get into circulation. It's usually the false things.

The one thing a person wants most in life is usually something basic that money can't buy.

Jack Kennedy could have been a movie star himself. He had the charisma, the charm, that come-hither quality that can never be duplicated. Is it any wonder he got elected president?

We should all start to live before we get too old.

All men are the same. They just have different faces so that women differentiate them.

You miss so much when you're young. It's fine to be old. So exciting. And I'm not going to retire.

To all the girls that think you're ugly because you're not a size 0, you're the beautiful one. It's society who's ugly.

I think to love bravely is the best and accept—as much as one can bear

My God I wanted to learn! To change, to improve!

I don't want you to feel depressed, honey. We've had a temporary setback.

I believe things happen for a reason. People change so that  you can learn to let go, things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually start to trust no one but yourself, & sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

I don't mind it being a world of men as long as I was a woman in it.

You can read about yourself, but what's important is how you feel about yourself.

Strong women don't have 'attitudes', we have standards.

I've given myself away, the whole of me, every part.

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. Marilyn Monroe

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was being born a woman.

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.

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