Marilyn Monroe Quotes

“Acting isn’t something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you’re going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“A career is born in public, talent in privacy.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“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.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“Blond hair and breasts, that’s how I got started. I couldn’t act. All I had was blond hair and a body men liked. The reason I got ahead is that I was lucky and met the right men.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“Dogs never bite me, just humans.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“Even though I was born there, I still can’t think of one good thing to say about it. If I close my eyes, and picture LA, all I see is one big varicose vein.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“Every morning I walk across my apartment rolling an empty soda bottle between my ankles, in order to preserve my balance.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“Fame is fickle and I know it.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I always sleep with my mouth open. I know because it’s open when I wake up.” Marilyn Monroe

“I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.” 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.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I love to do the things the censors won’t pass.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I never wear stockings or underclothes because I think it is important to breathe freely.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I restore myself when I’m alone.” Marilyn Monroe

 

“I seldom write letters, but I love calling friends, especially late at night, when I can’t sleep.” Marilyn Monroe