The Marilyn Monroe Collection is pleased to present the “Marilyn Monroe Notable Quote Contest.” To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this blog post with your first name, your email address (so I can get in touch with you if you’re a winner) and your favorite Marilyn Monroe quotes.
One lucky winner will be selected at random to win an official, full size color film poster (shown above) for the soon to be released film, My Week With Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne & Judi Dench, along with a copy of the book by the same title, written by Colin Clark.
Special thanks to the Weinstein Company for offering these prizes for this contest.
Marilyn may have been on a calendar, but she was rarely on time. Don’t miss your opportunity to win!
- Entries must be received by November 30.
- Enter as many times as you’d like, but please use unique quotes for each entry.
- Don’t forget to provide your name and email address with your entry. Comments left anonymously cannot be considered for this contest.
I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
“I just hate to fight with anybody — when you win, you lose.
You know…in your heart.”
– Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe), The Misfits
briebrie70@hotmail.com
Sergio Serrano / checo@hotmail.com
"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."
~MARILYN MONROE
"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it." ~♥Marilyn Monroe♥~
"If you're going to be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."
"i feel as though it`s all happening to someone right next to me.i`m close, i can feel it,i can hear it, but it isn`t really me,"
Marilyn Monroe
"First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress."
Valentina – crazy_maggie92@hotmail.it
"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it." ~♥Marilyn Monroe♥~
"I don`t know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood important people can`t stand to be invited someplace that isn`t full of other important people,they don`t mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners,but if a star or studio chief or any oter great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened-as if somebody was trying to demote them."
Marilyn Monroe
"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
bellabels@hotmail.co.uk
"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot", Marilyn Monroe
"What the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers."
Fraser (fraseboy2002@yahoo.co.uk)
I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.
I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.
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“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.”
Mdivani mdivani@me.com
“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
"I'm selfish, impatient, and 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 don't deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe
Danielle butterfly77@live.ca
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left
"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made".
It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.
"I just want to be wonderful"
Aida – ingerasata@yahoo.com
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Aida – ingerasata@yahoo.com
“If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.”
Aida – ingerasata@yahoo.com
“Who said nights were for sleep?”
Aida – ingerasata@yahoo.com
“It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
Aida – ingerasata@yahoo.com
“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”
I never wear flats, so I know exactly what she meant :).
Aida – ingerasata@yahoo.com
The problem is men go to bed with Marilyn and wake up with Norma Jeane.
"My fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down."
"I never loved anyone more than Joe."
"We are all born sexual creatures, thank God,but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. Art, real art, comes from it – everything."
"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
"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."
What a fun contest
xtrueloveneverdies7x@gmail.com
I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
marilyncollectors@virgilio.it
If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.
marilyncollectors@virgilio.it
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.
marilyncollectors@virgilio.it
No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
marilyncollectors@virgilio.it
Nicola
nicola-bennett@hotmail.com
"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent."
“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.”
miss.ali37@gmail.com
"Please don't make me look like a joke."
"If you can't handle me at my worst then you dont deserve me at my best" MM
"If you can't handle me at my worst then you dont deserve me at my best" MM
emma;
emajme@orcon.net.nz
"I had to wriggle across a room. I practiced jiggling my backside for a week. Groucho loved it."
-Marilyn Monroe
"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.”
“Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.”
“Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't think most people realize for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting.”
Mikhael
mikeips8@yahoo.com
"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."
"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."
Daniel Johnson Bigd_bod@hotmail.com
"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."
Daniel Johnson Bigd_bod@hotmail.com
"I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle."
Daniel Johnson Bigd_bod@hotmail.com
"I'm just a pretty girl who will soon be forgotten".
"Hay Marilyn, did you have anything on when you posed for those calendar photos?" "Yes, the radio."
Roger Rogersinternationalhostel@gmail.com
"A wise girl kisses but doesen't love, listens but doesen't believe, and leaves before she is left".
“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
Shantae Johnson shantae25@hotmail.com
“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
Shantae Johnson shantae25@hotmail.com
“If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe
Shantae Johnson shantae25@hotmail.com
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
― Marilyn Monroe
Shantae Johnson shantae25@hotmail.com
“It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.”
― Marilyn Monroe
Shantae Johnson shantae25@hotmail.com
Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie?
Shantae Johnson shantae25@hotmail.com
" There's only one sort of natural blonde on Earth- albinos".
"I always felt insecure and in a way, but most of all I feel scared. I guess I wanted love more than anything else in the world" MM.
Considering I'm in England, let's say I am sleeping in Yardley's lavender
sarah@iamfabulicious.com
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
sarah@iamfabulicious.com
If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty
sarah@iamfabulicious.com
If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere
sarahberryman1@gmail.com
“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
sarahberryman1@gmail.com
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about
sarahberryman1@gmail.com
I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest
sarahberryman1@gmail.com
I've been on a calendar, but never on time
sarahberryman1@gmail.com
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul
sarahberryman1@gmail.com
" WHY CHANNEL NUMBER FIVE OF COURSE "
“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
Kalli: spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“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
Kalli: spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” Marilyn Monroe
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.” Marilyn Monroe
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.” Marilyn Monroe
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” Marilyn Monroe
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.” Marilyn Monroe
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
“Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?” Marilyn Monroe
Kalli-spectacular.cinema1988@gmail.com
''I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden. We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift….''
*I think people with conservative views should read this quote from her. –
marilynmonroebarbie@gmail.com
x
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."-Marilyn Monroe
Victoria-victorialroyalty@gmail.com
“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.”
nancynotes1@gmail.com
Nancy
Interviewer
Marilyn, when we last saw you, you were wearing a low-cut gown. Now you're wearing a high-necked suit. Is this the 'new' marilyn?
Marilyn
"Well, I'm the same person – it's just a different suit."
I just love this!!
"Honey, your father's been so divine with me that sometimes even I feel like calling him 'Daddy'" – Marilyn Monroe as Joyce Mannering in Lets Make It Legal (1951)
Danielle
butterfly77@live.ca
"You know what they say about girls who wear glasses" – Marilyn Monroe as Pola Debevoise in How to Marry AMillionaire (1953)
Danielle
butterfly77@live.ca
"Oh do you feel the breeze from the subway? Isn't it delicious?" – Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Danielle
butterfly77@live.ca
"I'd like for you to kiss me, Beau." – Marilyn Monroe as Cherie in Bus Stop (1956)
Danielle
butterfly77@live.ca
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left." – Marilyn Monroe
Danielle
butterfly77@live.ca
"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
Danielle
butterfly77@live.ca
Roslyn: "I don't feel that way
about you Gay."
Gay: " Well don't get discouraged girl, you might."
2nd quote: "Please don't make me a joke."
h_salih06@yahoo.com
“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
I dont want to be rich i juct want to be wounderful and loved x
lisamarie
lisamariebutcher@ymail.com
"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent."
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
"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."
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
"I've never dropped anyone I believed in."
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
"Lorelei Lee: Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?"
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
Lorelei Lee: "It's a terrible thing to be lonesome in a crowd."
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
"Roslyn: You're the first man who's ever said that. I'm usually told how happy I am."
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
“Record” notebook around 1951.
Alone!!!!!
I am alone- I am always
alone
no matter what
What do I believe in
What is truth
I believe in myself
even my most delicate
intangible feelings
in the end everything is
intangible
my most precious liquid must
never spill don’t spill your precious liquid
life force
they are all my feelings
no matter what
My feeling doesn’t
happend to swell
into words-
Fragments: Poems, Intimates Notes, Letters By Marilyn Monroe
Edited By Stanley Buchthal And Bernard Comment
meganlowriowen@live.co.uk
"Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?"
"Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?"
a wise girl kisses but doesn't love listens but doesn't believe and leaves before she is left
*I know i am not perfect but i am the nearest thing you can get to body perfection*
“All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.”
― Marilyn Monroe
Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one… I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity…
Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one… I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity… klmel1@hotmail.com
CAROLYN: CCARTMELL@GMAIL.COM
Cherie: Holly and Vine!
Vera: What happens when you get there?
Cherie: What happens? Honey, you get discovered, you’re tested… with options and everything? And you get treated with a little respect!
Cheri: You got the manners of a monkey! I hate you and I despise you and gimme back my tail!
Roslyn Taber in The Misfits:
I suddenly miss my mother.
Oh, isn't that the stupidest thing?
The trouble is I always
end up back where I started
Roslyn Taber in the Misfits
"They think I'm crazy… but trust me, I'm 100% there." lyssa@love.com
I'll be entering a few as they are the Words I Live by! This quote is actually my Facebook profile quote: ""I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can 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. Thank you for this amazing site, chance to enter (if I'm lucky win and cheerish this poster as I do my whole Marilyn collection), and for your tweets. Marilynettes are truly beautiful and Miss Monroe would be SO thankful for us TRUE fans. Warmest Wishes and kisses: Madrina (twitter @fashiontakeback) xo
If I am a star,the people made me a star.No studio,no person,but the people did.
"When I think of the future, I think, I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started. I'd like to be a fine actress- comedy, tragedy interspersed. I always wanted to be an actress." -Marilyn Monroe
victorialroyalty@gmail.com (Victoria)
"As far as I'm concerned, the happiest time of my life is now. There's a future, and I can't wait to get to it. It should be interesting."-Marilyn Monroe
victorialroyalty@gmail.com (Victoria)
"As far as I'm concerned, the happiest time of my life is now. There's a future, and I can't wait to get to it. It should be interesting."-Marilyn Monroe
victorialroyalty@gmail.com (Victoria)
Do the comments have to be left by midnight Eastern time or West Coast time?
On the off chance I haven't missed the deadline yet:
"People are funny. They ask you a question and when you're honest, they're shocked. Someone once asked me, 'What do you wear in bed? Pajama tops? Bottoms? Or a nightgown?' So I said, 'Chanel Number Five.' Because it's the truth." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"I have a reputation of always being late. Well, I don't think I'm late all the time. People just remember the times I come too late." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"Perfection takes time." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"My one desire is to do my best, the best I can from the moment the camera starts until it stops. That moment I want to be perfect, as perfect as I can make it." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"When I worked at the factory, I used to go to the movies on Saturday nights. […] If the movie was bad, what a disappointment! The whole week I waited to go to the movies and I worked hard for the money it cost. If I thought that the people in the movie didn't do their best or were sloppy, I was really angry when I left because I didn't have much money to go on for the next week. So I always feel that I work for those people who work hard, who go to the box office and put down their money and want to be entertained. I always feel I do it for them." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"Above all, I want to be treated as a human being." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"Since I'm only thirty-four and have a few years to go yet, I hope to have time to become better and happier, professionally and in my personal life. That's my one ambition. Maybe I'll need a long time, because I'm slow. I don't want to say that it's the best method, but it's the only one I know and it gives me the feeling that in spite of everything life is not without hope." –interview with George Belmont, 1960
"I disappeared because if people don't listen to you, there's no point in talking to people. You're just banging your head against a wall." –interview with Pete Martin, 1956
"I think TV sets should be taken out of the bedroom." –interview with Pete Martin, 1956
"I dress for men, not for other women, and men like to see a woman when they look at one–not a boy." –interview with Mike Connolly, 1952
Hello, I'm french I search a quotes of Marilyn monroe, in french it's:*
"Tout ce qui compte vaut la peine d'attendre" but I don't have the translate in english. Can you help me please.
Vanessa!
I think I found It's "Anything worth having is worth waiting for"
It was for Bill Burnside (photographer)…
Vanessa~
"It's better to be happy alone than unhappy with someone."