If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.

— Clifford Odets

Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.

— Marilyn Monroe

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

— Marilyn Monroe

She was born under the sign of Gemini. And that stands for the good and evil twin. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde both hiding and residing inside her heart. Her good twin was not bad at all. But her evil twin was even better, and showed up to be way too fatal!

— Ana Claudia Antunes

Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.

— Marilyn Monroe

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.

— Marilyn Monroe

Today...Major actors and actresses develop their own projects or, at the very least, cherry-pick their roles carefully to suit not only their tastes but also whatever image they have cultivated to present to their public. Most major stars have their own production companies through which such projects are developed and even financed. While the biggest male stars of that time did in fact have their own production companies--Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, and Burt Lancaster, to name a few--and thus exerted creative and financial control over their careers, that was not the case with female stars. But Marilyn Monroe was about to change that.

— J. Randy Taraborrelli

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

— Marilyn Monroe

We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.― Marilyn Monroe.

— Sherri Sue Fisher

The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their own voluptuousness.

— Dita Von Teese