30 Marilyn Monroe quotes to get inspired by this ’50s icon

A smile is the best makeup a girl can wear.

They say I worry too much about everything. It is true! Perhaps this is a reflection of my lonely and uncertain childhood.

People started saying I was a lesbian. I smiled. There is no wrong sex, if there is love.

No woman should forget that she doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A cash machine.

Well-behaved women rarely make history.

I don’t know who invented the high heels, but all women owe a lot to this person.

If you’re going to be two-faced, at least make sure one of those faces is pretty.

Don’t assume you were first in my heart if you’re not smart enough to be last.

A woman who asks for nothing deserves everything.

That’s the problem, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I’m going to be a symbol of something, I’d rather it be sex than some of the things we’re symbolic of… I hate being a thing.

Dogs don’t bite me, only humans.

Hollywood is a place where they pay a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer quite often and extended the fifty cents.

I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And this is very important!

People have curious attitudes about nudity, just as they do about sex. Nudity and sex are the most common things in the world. However, people often act as if they were things that only existed on Mars.

If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best.

A smart girl kisses but doesn’t love. She hears but doesn’t believe. And she leaves before they leave her.

Just two drops of Chanel No 5.

My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to lean on. It looks like I have an entire superstructure with no foundation – but I’m working on the foundation.