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 on age
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 on alone
I restore myself when I'm alone. Marilyn Monroe on alone
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far. Marilyn Monroe on alone
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 on alone
I am alone I am always alone no matter what. Marilyn Monroe on alone
Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either. Marilyn Monroe on alone
A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself. Marilyn Monroe on alone
I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest. Marilyn Monroe on alone
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 on anniversary
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. Marilyn Monroe on beauty
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 on beauty
One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel. Marilyn Monroe on best
A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself. Marilyn Monroe on best
I've always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, 'Hi,' that the people ought to get their money's worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me. Marilyn Monroe on best
I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm 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 on best
If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers! Marilyn Monroe on business
Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world. Marilyn Monroe on business
I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing. Marilyn Monroe on change
A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you. Marilyn Monroe on change