Marilyn Monroe

"I want to be remembered as a woman who used her fame to help others."

"I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."

"Beneath the makeup and behind the smile, I'm just a girl who wishes for the world."

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

"What's the difference between a beautiful woman and a plain one? Time, effort, and twenty-five hundred dollars."

"I love to feel blonde all over."

"The 'Truth' is that I am the most beautiful woman in the world."

"Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman, but loose enough to show you're a lady."

"I like my women to be feminine, graceful, but also intelligent and ambitious."

"I think that a woman gets more of a choice nowadays in how she wants to live."

"A career is wonderful, but you shouldn't forget it's lonely."

"I don't know how to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes."

"I love the sound of the ocean."

"If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?"

"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved for the human being I am."

"Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money."

"I always felt that the statues in the park were watching me."

"To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation."

"I'm not ashamed of being a woman."

"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."

"I'm trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy."

"It's nice to be included in people's fantasies, but you also like to be accepted for your own sake."

"I don't understand why people aren't holding hands."

"I want to be loved. Is that so wrong?"

"The fact that I'm married doesn't make me a bad actress."

"I've lived by the Golden Rule, in the way that I try to treat people how I would like to be treated."

"I don't want to be a funny girl. I want to be an actress."

"I think there's an attraction to sadness. We think that sadness is deep, and happiness is shallow."

"I believe in finding the light in the world."

"Diamonds are a girl's best friend."