Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

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.

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.

If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

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.

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.