Top 400 Marilyn Monroe Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them.”

— Marilyn Monroe

52. “Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.”

— Marilyn Monroe

53. “It’s all make believe, isn’t it?”

— Marilyn Monroe

54. “Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”

— Marilyn Monroe

55. “You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”

— Marilyn Monroe

56. “Sisters make the best friends in the world.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

58. “Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

60. “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.”

— Marilyn Monroe

61. “I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.”

— Marilyn Monroe

62. “All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.”

— Marilyn Monroe

63. “Never let anyone dull your sparkle.”

— Marilyn Monroe

64. “No sex is wrong, if there’s love in it.”

— Marilyn Monroe

65. “Don’t let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.”

— Marilyn Monroe

66. “In spite of everything life is not without hope.”

— Marilyn Monroe

67. “I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.”

— Marilyn Monroe

68. “There are always two sides to every story.”

— Marilyn Monroe

69. “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.”

— Marilyn Monroe

70. “It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”

— Marilyn Monroe

71. “It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone.”

— Marilyn Monroe

72. “I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time.”

— Marilyn Monroe

73. “Promises are worse than lies. You don’t just make them believe, you also make them hope.”

— Marilyn Monroe

74. “I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”

— Marilyn Monroe

75. “You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”

— Marilyn Monroe

76. “When you’re young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again.”

— Marilyn Monroe

77. “You must feel attractive to be attractive.”

— Marilyn Monroe

78. “When you don’t have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both, it’s health.”

— Marilyn Monroe

79. “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

80. “If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”

— Marilyn Monroe

81. “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.”

— Marilyn Monroe

82. “A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano – and dumb.”

— Marilyn Monroe

83. “It’s a terrible thing to be lonesome, especially in the middle of a crowd.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

85. “I could never pretend something I didn’t feel. I could never make love if I didn’t love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”

— Marilyn Monroe

86. “Don’t you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn’t marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but my goodness, doesn’t it help?”

— Marilyn Monroe

87. “I’m trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that’s not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.”

— Marilyn Monroe

88. “Suicide, is a persons privilege. I don’t believe it’s a sin or a crime it’s your right if you do. Though it doesn’t get you anywhere.”

— Marilyn Monroe

89. “My heart belongs to daddy.”

— Marilyn Monroe

90. “Happy Birthday, Mr Presidenttttt.”

— Marilyn Monroe

91. “I’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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

— Marilyn Monroe

93. “For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”

— Marilyn Monroe

94. “I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night – there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.”

— Marilyn Monroe

95. “You know, most people really don’t know me.”

— Marilyn Monroe

96. “Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?”

— Marilyn Monroe

97. “I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn’t see or hear or touch.”

— Marilyn Monroe

98. “There are no women who do not like perfume, there are women who have not found their scent.”

— Marilyn Monroe

99. “I read poetry to save time.”

— Marilyn Monroe

100. “I don’t mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. 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.”

— Marilyn Monroe