Marilyn Monroe Quotes That Still Inspire Today

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed.

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.'

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.

I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that I was fooling somebody - I don't know who or what - maybe myself. I have feelings some days where there are scenes with a lot of responsibility, and I'll wish, 'Gee, if only I had been a cleaning woman.'

Good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

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.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

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

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you.

I've always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, 'Hi,' that the people ought to get their money's worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady.

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.

I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.