Famous Marilyn Monroe Quotations

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"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing."
by Marilyn Monroe
"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
by Marilyn Monroe
"Ever notice that what the hell is always the right decision?"
by Marilyn Monroe
"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision? by"
by Marilyn Monroe
"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision"
by Marilyn Monroe
"Her body has gone to her head."
by Barbara Stanwyck (about Marilyn Monroe)
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."
by Marilyn Monroe
"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."
by Marilyn Monroe
"I dont mind living in a mans world as long as I can be a woman in it"
by Marilyn Monroe
"I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy."
by Marilyn Monroe
"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
by Marilyn Monroe
"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."
by Marilyn Monroe
"It is better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone else."
by Marilyn Monroe
"She's a vacuum with nipples."
by Otto Preminger (about Marilyn Monroe)
"She has breasts of granite and a mind like a Gruyere cheese."
by Billy Wilder (about Marilyn Monroe)
"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."
by Marilyn Monroe
"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."
by Marilyn Monroe
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
by 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 experienced, but that's not where I live."
by Marilyn Monroe
"A place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul."
by Marilyn Monroe
"Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives."
by Marilyn Monroe
"Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe and Lao-Tzu and Einstein and Morobuto and Buddy Holly and Aristophenes .. and all of this .. all of this was for nothing unless we go to the stars."
by Babylon 5
"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."
by Marilyn Monroe
"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot"
by Marilyn Monroe
"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."
by Marilyn Monroe
"Why? It paid the rent."
by Marilyn Monroe


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