Marilyn Monroe Quotes

I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.

Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

I love to do the things the censors won't pass.

The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative.

It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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

sometimes things fall apart so better things can fall together.

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.

We should all start to live before we get too old.

Die Liebe und die Arbeit sind die beiden einzigen wahren Dinge in unserem Leben. Sie gehören zusammen, sonst ist es schief. Die Arbeit ist selbst eine Form der Liebe.

Love 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.

I just want to be wonderful.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd rather it be sex than some of the things we've got symbols of... I hate to be a thing.

The studio people want me to do "Goodbye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body — you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.