798 Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

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

Squeezing yourself to ooze out the last ounce of sex allure is terribly hard. I’d like to do roles like Julie in Bury the Dead, Gretchen in Faust and Teresa in Cradle Song.

Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.

There isn’t anybody that looks like me without clothes on.

What’s the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?

The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.

I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another – it shows an inner life. I like to see that there’s something going on inside them.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I’ve experienced them both.