Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Imperialism or globalization - I don't have to care what it's called to hate it.

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.

The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United States as well as assist in reducing the cost incurred by the Federal government for these procedures.

People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.

All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.

In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part.

The condition of my skin changes often, depending on the season or if I'm traveling a lot.

It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition.

After high school, I went to Stanford University and majored in English. Of course, that gave me a chance to do lots more reading and writing. I also received degrees in London and Dublin - where I moved to be near a charming Irishman who became my husband!

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

As a young surgeon in training at the University of California San Francisco General Hospital in the early '80s, my colleagues and I were inundated with an epidemic of young men with fevers, rashes, swollen lymph nodes and eventually death.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.