I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROEI don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROEThere is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.
MARILYN MONROELove and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.
MARILYN MONROEI don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.
MARILYN MONROEIf there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.
MARILYN MONROEI 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.
MARILYN MONROEI’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful. I sin but I’m not the devil. I’m good, but I’m not an angel.
MARILYN MONROEAlways remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.
MARILYN MONROEBeneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROEThe nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
MARILYN MONROEYou believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.
MARILYN MONROEAll we demanded was our right to twinkle.
MARILYN MONROEGive a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
MARILYN MONROEPeople had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn’t see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
MARILYN MONROEI don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.
MARILYN MONROEYour clothes should be tight enough to show you’re a woman but loose enough to show you’re a lady
MARILYN MONROE