Quotes of Monroe - somelinesforyou

“ The American continents… are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. ”

- James Monroe

“ Attitudes to museums have changed. If it had Marilyn Monroe's knickers or Laurence Olivier's jockstrap they would flock to it. ”

- Jonathan Miller

“ Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle. ”

- D. J. Enright

“ One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise. ”

- Clifford Odets

“ There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. ”

- Theodore Roosevelt
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