Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Pola Debevoise You know, of course, that diamonds are a girl's best friends. This is our proof of it.

Dr. Swanson He hasn't got enough blood left in him to keep a chicken alive.

Cobby Here's to the drink habit. It's the only one I got that don't get me into trouble.

Cobby How can things go so wrong? How is it possible? One man killed, two others plugged. I'm out thirty grand. We got a load of rocks we can't even peddle...I must be awful stupid. Here I am with a good business, money rolling in, I-I gotta get mixed up in a thing like this. I ought to have my head examined.

Commissioner Hardy He loses you five blocks from the depot and one of the most dangerous criminals alive is now at large in this city.

Gus Minissi Take my advice and knock off for a while. The happiness boys are on a rampage. Headquarters is givin em a push...Go home, Dix, stay home. Don't get your flag at half-mast. Remember, you still got ol Gus.

Emmerich I could tell them that I'd fence the stuff myself, you see, promise them cash on delivery. Then, when the time comes, I simply wouldn't have the cash, do you understand? I'd tell them it would take a few more days to raise it. I'm certain I could get them to leave the stuff with me while we're waiting...Well, then I'd disappear. I'd take a plane to another country, to another life. The gold and platinum, I could melt up and sell as bullion, you see. And the rocks - sell them one at a time. There'd be no hurry. They'd last a lifetime.

Louis Ciavelli I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere.

Louis Ciavelli If you want fresh air, don't look for it in this town.

Angela Phinlay Imagine me on this beach here in my green bathing suit. Yipe! I almost bought a white one the other day, but it wasn't quite extreme enough. I mean, don't get me wrong, if I really went in for the extreme extreme, I would have bought a French one. Run for your life, girls, the fleet's in. Oh, Uncle Lon, am I excited? Yipe! ] Look, Uncle Lon, isn't it romantic? Real palms and ocean and everything.

Angela Phinlay Haven't you bothered me enough, you big banana-head? Just try breaking my door and Mr. Emmerich will throw you out of the house!

The Girl Oooooooohhhh! This feels just elegant!

Detective Sam Grunion Come in. Is there anything I can do for you? What a ridiculous statement.

Grunion's Client Mr. Grunion. I want you to help me.

Detective Sam Grunion I have a little sand left. What seems to be the trouble?

Grunion's Client Some men are following me.

Detective Sam Grunion Really? I can't understand why.

The Girl It shakes me! It quakes me! It makes me feel goose-pimply all over!

Pola Debevoise Men aren't attentive to girls who wear glasses.

The Girl Do you have any kids?

Richard Sherman No. None. No kids. Well, just one. Little one. Hardly counts.

Sugar Kane Kowalczyk I'm not very bright, I guess...just dumb. If I had any brains, I wouldn't be on this crummy train with this crummy girls band...I used to sing with male bands but I can't afford it anymore...That's what I'm running away from. I worked with six different ones in the last two years. Oh, brother!...I can't trust myself. I have this thing about saxophone players, especially tenor sax...I don't know what it is, they just curdle me. All they have to do is play eight bars of Come to Me, My Melancholy Baby and my spine turns to custard. I get goose pimply all over and I come to em...every time... That's why I joined this band. Safety first. Anything to get away from those bums...You don't know what they're like. You fall for em and you really love em - you think this is gonna be the biggest thing since the Graf Zeppelin - and the next thing you know, they're borrowing money from you and spending it on other dames and betting on horses...Then one morning you wake up, the guy is gone, the saxophone's gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old socks and a tube of toothpaste, all squeezed out. So you pull yourself together. You go on to the next job, the next saxophone player. It's the same thing all over again. You see what I mean? Not very bright...I can tell you one thing - it's not gonna happen to me again - ever. I'm tired of getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

The Girl Oh, do you feel the breeze from the subway. Isn't it delicious?

The Girl So he lured me down to his apartment. He made me sit on his piano bench. Then he made me play ]. Then suddenly he turned at me. His eyes bulging. He was frothing at the mouth. Just like ].

Sugar Kane Kowalczyk Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!

Richard Sherman It's just my imagination. Some people have flat feet. Some people have dandruff. I have this appalling imagination.

The Girl I think it's just elegant to have an imagination. I just have no imagination at all. I have lots of other things, but I have no imagination...Come on now, relax. You're just making this all up.

Richard Sherman Let's face it. No pretty girl in her right mind wants me. She wants ].

The Girl Is that so?...How do you know what a pretty girl wants?...You and your imagination. You think every girl's a dope. You think a girl goes to a party, and there's some guy - a great big lunk in a fancy striped vest, strutting around like a tiger, giving you that I'm so handsome, you can't resist me look, and from this, she's supposed to fall flat on her face. Well, she doesn't fall on her face. But there's another guy in the room, way over in the corner. Maybe he's kind of nervous and shy, perspiring a little. First, you look past him, but then you sort of sense, he's gentle and kind and worried, and he'll be tender with you, nice and sweet. That's what's really exciting! If I were your wife, I'd be very jealous of you. I'd be very very jealous. I think you're just elegant.

Lorelei Lee I want you to find happiness and stop having fun.

The Girl When it's hot like this, you know what I do? I put my undies in the Ice Box!

Lorelei Lee There was an old man named Sidney... Who drank till he ruined a kidney. It shriveled and shrank, but he drank and he drank... He had his fun doing it, didn't he?

The Girl Rachmaninoff... It isn't fair... Every time I hear it, I go to pieces... It shakes me, it quakes me. It makes me feel goose-pimply all over. I don't know where I am or who I am or what I'm doing. Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't ever stop! Why did you stop?

Richard Sherman You know why, because now I'm going to kiss you, very quick and very hard.

The Girl Your imagination! You think every girl's a dope. You think a girl goes to a party and there's some guy in a fancy striped vest strutting around giving you that I'm-so-handsome-you-can't-resist-me look. From this she's supposed to fall flat on her face. Well, she doesn't fall on her face. But there's another guy in the room, over in the corner. Maybe he's nervous and shy and perspiring a little. First, you look past him. But then you sense that he's gentle and kind and worried. That he'll be tender with you, nice and sweet. That's what's really exciting.