Top 461 Quotes & Sayings by Marilyn Monroe - Page 4

Next to my husband, and along with Marlon Brando, I think that Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.

How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

Who said nights were for sleep?

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

A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn't curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers, by all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics... and STATISTICS LIE.

Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone. ...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong' they hurt the ones closest to their hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart

I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.

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

Just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.

If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.

Wise girls kiss but never love, Listen but never believe, And leave befor they are left.

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

Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.

Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don't never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action's are when you see a good friend stick to that person .

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

Don't stop when you're tired; stop when you're done.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.

I keep my undies in the icebox!

Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? 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.

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.

Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle.

The sky is not the limit. Your mind is

It's better being completely ridiculous than unbelievably boring.

Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.

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

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.

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

Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.

I'm good, but I'm not an angel.

No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.

I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.

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.

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

It’s easier to look sexy when you’re thinking of one man in particular.

A girl does not need anyone who does not need her.

I remember when I got the part in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jane Russell - she was the brunette in it and I was the blonde. She got $200,000 for it, and I got my $500 a week, but that to me was, you know, considerable. She, by the way, was quite wonderful to me. The only thing was I couldn't get a dressing room. Finally, I really got to this kind of level and I said, "Look, after all, I am the blonde, and it is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!" Because still they always kept saying, "Remember, you're not a star." I said, "Well, whatever I am, I am the blonde!

Happiness is the most important thing in the world, without it, you live a life of depression.

If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best.

Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.

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

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.

Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.

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

Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.

Dating a new man is like holding a strawberry milkshake; first the taste, then the pleasure.

A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb.

This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.

It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.

Happiness is not in money, but in shopping.

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 together.

The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.

Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie?

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