Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. Marilyn Monroe Famous
Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you. Marilyn Monroe Age
Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I go shopping or just look at people living. But then, you know, there will be a few teenagers who are kind of sharp, and they'll say, 'Hey, just a minute. You know who I think that is?' And they'll start tailing me. And I don't mind. Marilyn Monroe Attitude
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship. Marilyn Monroe Marriage
My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick up a steak, lamb chops or some liver, which I broil in the electric oven in my room. I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots. Marilyn Monroe Home
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. Marilyn Monroe Respect
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 Beauty
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. Marilyn Monroe Good
The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space. Marilyn Monroe Romantic
Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. Marilyn Monroe Fear
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. Marilyn Monroe Movies
Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that? Marilyn Monroe Respect
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 Marriage