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

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

--MARILYN MONROE

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

--MARILYN MONROE

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

--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

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

--MARILYN MONROE

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

--MARILYN MONROE

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

--MARILYN MONROE

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

--MARILYN MONROE