Famous Marilyn Quotes & Sayings

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. — Marilyn Monroe

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony. — Marilyn Monroe

I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy. — Marilyn Manson

The cynical, caustic, acid-tongued New York drama critic Addison De Witt introduces his protege/date of the moment, a bimbo date and so-called actress named Miss Casswell (Marilyn Monroe) in another very famous line: "Miss Casswell is an actress, a graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Art." — George Sanders

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does. — Marilyn Monroe

Yearning is a red-haired girl sitting on the hood of her silver sedan, reading about Marilyn Monroe. A cherry orchard at night, houselights in the distance. It's the painstaking neatness of a paint-by-number sunset, a yellowed letter held between graceful fingers, a cautious step into the sun-filled lobby of a famous hotel.
It's the way I feel every time I think about Ava. — Nina LaCour

I was always obsessed with being famous. I had Marilyn Monroe paper dolls as a child, and I was always obsessed with her. I've just been really driven in that direction, and none of my friends were. So, I don't know what put that bug in me at a young age. — Holly Madison

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. — Marilyn Monroe

Some of these tools were ingenious, including sets of playing cards for Iraq, Egypt, and Afghanistan - regular fifty-two-card decks, but with images and information about archaeological practices, famous cultural sites, and notable artifacts; the reverse sides could be pieced together to form a map of the most iconic site for each country. — Marilyn Johnson

Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy their lives as well as their talent. The fatal flaws of Elvis, Judy, and Marilyn register much higher on our national applause meter than their living achievements. In Amerca, talent is merely a tool for becoming famous in life so you can become more famous in death - where all are equal. — Florence King