Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least i can dream.

I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

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.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.

Everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like a sort of chunk out of you. I don' think they realize it, but it's like 'grrr do this, grr do that...' But you do want to stay intact and on two feet.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.