Marilyn Monroe Wise Quotes & Sayings

To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Willem Dafoe and I are actually the same person. — Denis Leary

As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend. — Francine Du Plessix Gray

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is. — Nancy Mitford

Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him: but now and again a reaction would seize him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting- room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night. On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion. — Arthur Conan Doyle

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left. — Marilyn Monroe

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. — Epictetus

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. — Livy

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. — Edward O. Wilson

Steel can be tempered and hardened, and so can men. In this world of struggle, which was not designed for softies, a man must be harder than what hits him. Yes, he must be diamond-hard. Then he'll not be "fed up" with his little personal troubles. — Herbert Newton Casson

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

What all this adds up to is the view that nature is there as a resource to be used by man for his self-interest and profit. But, frugality being a virtue, the resource should be "conserved" as much as possible. — George Lakoff

Respect other people regardless of the level they are at ... or the level you are at. When you hand out respect, you get it back. — Erik Estrada

Look at the major events in your life and write them down on a piece of paper. Note everything significant you can remember, even the things that seem silly or irrelevant but come to mind for some reason. Don't try to decode the meaning; just put down everything you can think of. As you reach the end of the list, look for a common thread, some recurring theme. — Jeff Goins

The Dodd Bill does very little to reduce financial risks. What it will do is make Wall Street even more the servant of bureaucrats in Washington and the political party in power. That is not in the best interests of the American people. — Marsha Blackburn

Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men for surrendering our 'godly gift' of reason when we cross their mental thresholds? — Christopher Hitchens

Wise girls kiss but never love
Listen but never believe
And leave befor they are left — Marilyn Monroe

I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly. — Cristina Kirchner