Marilyn Monroe

“The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.”

“The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know.”

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

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

“Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'”

“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.”

“The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, 'Oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape,' and then they say, 'Gosh, it's Marilyn Monroe!'”

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

“An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.”

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

“I read poetry to save time.”

“If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.”

“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.”

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

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

“Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman.”

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

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

“I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.”

“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.”

“I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.”

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

“Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.”

“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.”