Marilyn Monroe Quotes That Still Inspire Today

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.

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

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

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

Everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they’re right.

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

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

There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you.

I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.

Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can come together.

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

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.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

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

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.