Marilyn Monroe Quotes That Still Inspire Today

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

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.

The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.