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Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American actress, model, and cultural icon known for her comedic performances in films like *Some Like It Hot* and *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*. Beyond her glamorous image, Monroe was a thoughtful and complex figure whose candid observations about fame, beauty, love, and resilience continue to captivate generations.

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Men

All Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

“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

Beauty

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Courage

“My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Work

“If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!”

— Marilyn Monroe

Business

“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

Love

“Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Good

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Love

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Men

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Good

“I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Money

“A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Alone

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Beauty

“When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Men

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Alone

“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.”

— Marilyn Monroe

God

“For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Time

“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Life

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

— Marilyn Monroe

Time

“Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Men

“Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.”

— Marilyn Monroe

Love