Marilyn Monroe Quotes about Inspiring - Page 3

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved people.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

As far as I can make out, women's friendships with each other are based on a gush of lies and pretty speeches that mean nothing. You'd think they were all wolves trying to seduce each other the way they flatter and flirt when they're together.

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

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

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.

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

I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.

Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there that I am afraid of, or hiding? Maybe your libido!

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one...

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.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

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.

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

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.

Next to my husband and along with Marlon Brando, Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met.

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

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

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.