It’s not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do – everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls. – Marilyn Monroe
At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox. – Marilyn Monroe
Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don’t feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. – Marilyn Monroe
I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy. – Marilyn Monroe
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. – Marilyn Monroe
All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I’d worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: ‘Don’t hide these things from me. I’d rather you ask me these things straight out, and I’ll answer all your questions.’ – Marilyn Monroe
When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own. – Marilyn Monroe
I am invariably late for appointments – sometimes as much as two hours. I’ve tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing. – 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
I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking. – Marilyn Monroe
If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman. – Marilyn Monroe
When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world. – Marilyn Monroe
Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I’m invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who’ll play the piano after dinner, and I know you’re not really invited for yourself. You’re just an ornament. – Marilyn Monroe
Having a child, that’s always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. – Marilyn Monroe