Marilyn Monroe

"The only way to manifest your destiny is to live it."

"I love to do the things the censors won't pass."

"I don't look like Marilyn Monroe when I wake up in the morning."

"It's much easier to be a goddess when nobody expects anything from you."

"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves."

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

"Education is the most powerful weapon."

"I'm not just a dumb blonde; I read books."

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears or the figure she carries, but in her eyes."

"I'm quite shy and people are surprised by that."

"Sometimes I feel all my life has been a big fight."

"I've never been to Paris, but I imagine it's nice."

"I love to listen more than to talk."

"A career is wonderful and all that, but it isn't a love affair."

"I'll never make it because I'm a woman. But I'm going to prove them wrong."

"The past cannot hurt you anymore unless you let it."

"Fame will go by and here's the thing, if it goes by, I'm still around."

"My body is a wonderland that belongs to me."

"I don't mind if you don't like me as long as you respect me."

"Money can't buy happiness but it buys freedom."

"I want to be remembered as a woman who made people happy."

"Every man I knew went to Korea."

"I'm very good at playing poker, that's why I'm a good actress."

"In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."

"I demand that people respect my privacy."

"The only happy artist is a dead artist."

"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of moving."

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

"A girl's best friend is her mother."

"If you spend your life competing with men, you lose your femininity."