Happy Birthday Marilyn Monroe; Take A Look At Some Quotes By The Actress!

"A smart girl leaves before she is left."

"We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves."

"Dogs never bite me - just humans."

"When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women."

"I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers."

"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."

"Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both."

"There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise 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. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you."

“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.”

“That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed.”

"The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream."

"Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live."

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."

"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."

"The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space."

"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."

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

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

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."

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

"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far."

"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."

"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."

Happy Birthday Marilyn Monroe! The actress who would have turned 90 today, left a mark, all over the world. Here are some quotes by the all time sex icon. Take a look!