Marilyn Monroe Quotes (70 quotes)

“Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she'll conquer the world.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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Attributed

“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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Quoted in Saturday Evening Post, 12 May 1956. Also in: "Marilyn Monroe in her own words", Roger G. Taylor, Delilah/Putnam, 1983, p. 40 - ISBN: 9780399410147

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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Attributed

“Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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As quoted in: The Reader's Digest, Volume 69, DeWitt Wallace, Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, Reader's Digest Association, 1954, p. 20

“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

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As quoted in The Films of Barbra Streisand (2001) by Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson

“If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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As quoted in: "Marilyn Monroe in her own words" (Delilah/Putnam, 1983), edited by Roger G. Taylor, p. 82

“People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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On Being Blonde (2004)

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

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As quoted in: The Reader's Digest, Volume 76, DeWitt Wallace, Lila Acheson Wallace, Reader's Digest Association, 1960, p. 238

“I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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As quoted in: "Marilyn Monroe in her own words", Roger G. Taylor, Delilah/Putnam, 1983, p. 42 - ISBN: 9780399410147

“Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president, and say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy.... I'll see, I'll see.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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Last words to Peter Lawford (5 August 1962), as quoted at Spiegel Online

“A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.”
―Marilyn Monroe

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As quoted in: "Marilyn Monroe" (Harcourt, Brace, 1960) by Maurice Zolotow, p. 141. Also in: "Marilyn Monroe in her own words" (Delilah/Putnam, 1983), p. 52