Quotes from Marilyn Monroe

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

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?

This life…is what you make it. No matter what you are going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is, you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends — they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything — They're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.

It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.

I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.

I like to feel blonde all over.

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

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

You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.

A girl doesn't need anyone that doesn't need her.