Marilyn Monroe Quotes And Sayings

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Here is a collection of Marilyn Monroe quotes and sayings. She was an American actress, model and singer who became a major sex symbol during the 1950s and early 1960s.

“(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“[H]usbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“1956 interview about her childhood: Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“A career is born in public — talent in privacy.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“A career is wonderful thing, but you can’t snuggle up to it on a cold night.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“A smart girl leaves before she is left.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“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.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Acting isn’t something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you’re going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“After all, all we demanded was a right to twinkle.”
– Marilyn Monroe

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

“All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“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.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“An actor is not a machine, no matter how much they want to say you are. Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you’re a human being, you feel, you suffer.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“As for lovers, well, they’ll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them – actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can’t give up because if you give up, you’ll never find your soul mate.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“As long as you are here, I’m never alone.”
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“As Michael (Chekhov)’s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art — taste.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Beneath the make-up and behind the smile, I’m just a girl who wishes for the world.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside”.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you’re a human being, you feel, you suffer.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Dogs never bite me, just humans!”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Everyone’s a star and deserves the right to twinkle.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Everyone’s just laughing at me. I hate it. Big breasts, big ass, big deal. Can’t I be anything else? Gee, how long can you be sexy?”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Fame is like caviar, you know — it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”
– Marilyn Monroe

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