evidence: Naturally, the vast farm of misinformation that is the internet manufactures a gazillion false quotes attributed to Marilyn. And the madness must stop. Please remember these next time you have the urge to reblog it on Tumblr, tweet it on Twitter, or include it in an Instagram of your caramel ribbon frappucino. [...] Exhibit D: "Give a girl the right shoes and she will conquer the world." This one's a little tricky. Most likely, it's a weird re-working of a 1985 Bette Midler quote, which goes, "Give a girl the correct footwear and she can conquer the world." But even the original source for that is really hard to find. It turns up as the lead in a blurb for The Strait Times, but I don't even know the context for the original publication it turned up in (allegedly, the Houston Chronicle). It's quite enigmatic.