Marilyn Monroe is arguably one of the most famous celebrity icons. Below are 33 of her most memorable quotes, organized by category.

Topics

• On Being Ms. Monroe
• On Dreams & Hollywood
• On Being An Icon
• In The Bedroom
• On Men & Relationshops
• Random Musings
  

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
-Marilyn Monroe

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
-Marilyn Monroe

I restore myself when I'm alone.
-Marilyn Monroe

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

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
-Marilyn Monroe

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
-Marilyn Monroe

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

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
-Marilyn Monroe

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.
-Marilyn Monroe

It's all make believe, isn't it?
-Marilyn Monroe

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

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
-Marilyn Monroe

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
-Marilyn Monroe

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
-Marilyn Monroe

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.
-Marilyn Monroe

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
-Marilyn Monroe

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
-Marilyn Monroe

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
-Marilyn Monroe

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
-Marilyn Monroe

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
-Marilyn Monroe

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
-Marilyn Monroe

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

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
-Marilyn Monroe

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

-Marilyn Monroe

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
-Marilyn Monroe

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
-Marilyn Monroe

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
-Marilyn Monroe

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.
-Marilyn Monroe

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
-Marilyn Monroe

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
-Marilyn Monroe

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
-Marilyn Monroe