Marilyn Monroe

A smart girl leaves before she is left

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Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.

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

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Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

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I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.

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Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.

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Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

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I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. 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.

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We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

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All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.

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

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Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don't never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action's are when you see a good friend stick to that person .

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When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you treat them like nothing. Learn to be a good friend because one day you're gonna look up and say I lost a good friend. Learn how to be respectful to your friends, don't just start arguments with them and don't tell them the reason, always remember your friends will be there quicker than your family. Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what. Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.

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It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

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I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.

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They will only care when you're gone.

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For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.

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What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course

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just because you fail once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything. keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself because if you don't, then who will? so keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

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

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Quotes by Marilyn Monroe