Marilyn Monroe Quotes

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.


Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.


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.


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.


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.


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.


The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.


I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.


Suicide is a person’s privilege. I don’t believe it’s a sin or a crime. It’s your right if you want to, though it doesn’t get you anywhere.


We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.


Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will


Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about



This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth


I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love


If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything


Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring