Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.
BILL MONROE Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You me...
BILL MONROE Practice every time you get a chance.
BILL MONROE I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.
BILL MONROE We have two eighth-graders, a ninth-grader and an 11th-grader. They all enrolled [Wednesday] and are...
BILL MONROE I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.
BILL MONROE Country music belongs to America.
BILL MONROE The nicest person I ever met in the music business.
BILL MONROE Life is challenging enough already and, with what has happened, we want to do everything we can to h...
BILL MONROE I was surprised and shocked by Elton Fay?s comments. I will not be voting for Elton Fay.
BILL MONROE I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.
BILL MONROE It's tough trying to start something like that. She's trying to do a good thing for the cats. ... Sh...
BILL MONROE I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.
BILL MONROE National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
MARILYN MONROE How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
VAUGHN MONROE If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of plea...
VAUGHN MONROE There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them ...
VAUGHN MONROE I knew that we were clicking when mimics started kidding my voice, I'll know that I'm on the...
VAUGHN MONROE Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadc...
VAUGHN MONROE Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fi...
MARILYN MONROE Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've ...
MARILYN MONROE It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wi...
MARILYN MONROE A smart girl leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
MARILYN MONROE First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself ...
MARILYN MONROE An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
MARILYN MONROE To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on ...
MARILYN MONROE A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.
MARILYN MONROE I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. lik...
MARILYN MONROE It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit...
MARILYN MONROE There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it w...
MARILYN MONROE I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
MARILYN MONROE A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. Sh...
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never comple...
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened...
MARILYN MONROE I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
MARILYN MONROE The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn&...
MARILYN MONROE I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way,...
MARILYN MONROE I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feel...
MARILYN MONROE Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and w...
MARILYN MONROE The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
MARILYN MONROE Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't...
MARILYN MONROE What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
MARILYN MONROE It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
MARILYN MONROE Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him t...
MARILYN MONROE I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
MARILYN MONROE I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.
MARILYN MONROE Friends accept you the way you are.
MARILYN MONROE I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.
MARILYN MONROE Next to my husband, and along with Marlon Brando, I think that Yves Montand is the most attractive m...
MARILYN MONROE We should all start to live before we get too old.
MARILYN MONROE The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
MARILYN MONROE I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
MARILYN MONROE We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
MARILYN MONROE If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absol...
MARILYN MONROE I don't digest things with my mind.
MARILYN MONROE It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE I like to feel blonde all over.
MARILYN MONROE The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
MARILYN MONROE A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
MARILYN MONROE When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.
MARILYN MONROE A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
MARILYN MONROE Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do...
MARILYN MONROE I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
MARILYN MONROE If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
MARILYN MONROE All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about m...
MARILYN MONROE It's all make believe, isn't it?
MARILYN MONROE My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick ...
MARILYN MONROE You know, most people really don't know me.
MARILYN MONROE I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
MARILYN MONROE One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females...
MARILYN MONROE I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
MARILYN MONROE I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.
MARILYN MONROE Stick up for what you believe in and never, ever feel that you can't say something or speak your...
MAIKA MONROE A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just hav...
MAIKA MONROE I think a superhero would be awesome to play.
MAIKA MONROE I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go ha...
MAIKA MONROE Cape Town, South Africa, was pretty incredible. That's probably the coolest place I have ever be...
MAIKA MONROE Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
MAIKA MONROE I have a rule now that I can only watch a movie twice. By the third time I was watching 'The Gue...
MAIKA MONROE Before acting took off, I was a professional kiteboarder training for the world circuit; with a spor...
MAIKA MONROE I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the si...
MAIKA MONROE I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely d...
MAIKA MONROE It's really cool to be able to do both. I get a chance to be in this film with these amazing act...
MAIKA MONROE I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, thoug...
MAIKA MONROE Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
MAIKA MONROE I'd love, love, love to do a comedy. I can't imagine being on set and being happy and cheerf...
MAIKA MONROE I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
MAIKA MONROE When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.
MAIKA MONROE With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew...
MAIKA MONROE I think it's good to conquer the fears.
MAIKA MONROE I have to say, working with Dan Stevens in 'The Guest' and seeing his transformation was inc...
MAIKA MONROE 'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the great...
MAIKA MONROE I'm a huge fan of the first 'Independence Day.' It is amazing. When it came out in 1995,...
MAIKA MONROE I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until...
MAIKA MONROE Signing up for 'It Follows,' I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out the way it ...
MAIKA MONROE I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite b...
MAIKA MONROE I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
MAIKA MONROE Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
MAIKA MONROE Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up...
MARILYN MONROE I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was ...
EARL MONROE I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix B...
EARL MONROE Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadershi...
EARL MONROE Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the ...
EARL MONROE Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now.
EARL MONROE I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you'...
EARL MONROE One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
EARL MONROE Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce...
EARL MONROE The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
EARL MONROE When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to...
EARL MONROE Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.
MARILYN MONROE Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
MARILYN MONROE I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE With a project like 'The 5th Wave,' you do something you would never do in your normal life;...
MAIKA MONROE The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &...
MARILYN MONROE I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi...
MARILYN MONROE Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
MARILYN MONROE Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.
MARILYN MONROE Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've exper...
MARILYN MONROE To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the ...
MARILYN MONROE No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl
MARILYN MONROE It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I...
MARILYN MONROE In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, ...
MARILYN MONROE Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
MARILYN MONROE It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, thing...
MARILYN MONROE Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
MARILYN MONROE A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or j...
MARILYN MONROE I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night
MARILYN MONROE We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this na...
MARILYN MONROE All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
MARILYN MONROE I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and c...
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
MARILYN MONROE This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal t...
MARILYN MONROE I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and wh...
MARILYN MONROE Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady
MARILYN MONROE It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
MARILYN MONROE When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you trea...
MARILYN MONROE They put me in jail. Holy shit. They put me in fucking jail. Call my mother and tell her I love her,...
LILA MONROE I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting ...
MARILYN MONROE Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
MARILYN MONROE Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutel...
MARILYN MONROE If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times har...
MARILYN MONROE The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has a cleavage; they ought to worry if she has...
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolute...
MARILYN MONROE Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So...
MARILYN MONROE A place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.
MARILYN MONROE Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
MARILYN MONROE I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging ...
MARILYN MONROE The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn'...
MARILYN MONROE A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
MARILYN MONROE A career is born in public, talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
JAMES MONROE I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting al...
MARILYN MONROE It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling pass...
MARILYN MONROE Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'...
MARILYN MONROE Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy...
MARILYN MONROE When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for you...
MARILYN MONROE I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sittin...
MARILYN MONROE Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasti...
MARILYN MONROE Dogs never bite me - just humans.
MARILYN MONROE Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g...
MARILYN MONROE Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
MARILYN MONROE I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square ...
MARILYN MONROE The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - ...
MARILYN MONROE Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturer...
MARILYN MONROE I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few rema...
MARILYN MONROE I restore myself when I'm alone.
MARILYN MONROE It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength again...
MARILYN MONROE A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.
MARILYN MONROE Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel li...
MARILYN MONROE It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be mai...
JAMES MONROE Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
MARILYN MONROE The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
JAMES MONROE I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at t...
MARILYN MONROE Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'...
MARILYN MONROE