Dolly Parton Quotes

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

Dolly Parton

• Song
• Dream

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • High
  • Chance
  • Curiosity

• I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Know
  • Show

• And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • World
  • Few
  • Ear

• I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

  

  Rahul Dravid
  • Intellectual
  • Intense
  • Cricketer

• Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Opportunity
  • Romantic
  • Scary

• I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.

  

  Edan Lepucki
  • World
  • Long
  • Book

• If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.

  

  Dan Brown
  • People
  • Different
  • Christian

• My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

  

  Rachel Hunter
  • Men
  • Fun
  • Age

• Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

  

  Rachel Blanchard
  • American
  • Mother
  • British

• A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Changed
  • Lot
  • Survivor

• In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

  

  Salman Khurshid
  • People
  • Great
  • Perception

• They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Woman
  • Film
  • Inspired

• I'm one of the first invention capitalists.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • First
  • Invention

• I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • World

• A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest, as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

  

  John Adams
  • Heart
  • Desire

• The French bourgeois doesn’t dislike shit, provided it is served up to him at the right time.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Up
  • Time

• As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Men
  • Different
  • Romantic

• I love working with Chanel, and long may it reign, to be honest. I hope it lasts forever.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Long
  • May
  • Hope

• I casually advise a few young companies, and I'm always surprised when I see them overthinking simple problems, adding too much structure too early, and trying to get formal too soon. Start-ups should embrace their scrappiness, not rush to toss it aside.

  

  Jason Fried
  • Trying
  • Simple

• I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.

  

  Tariq Anwar
  • Want
  • Dream
  • Ideal

• Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Dream
  • Passion

• I was the biggest liar for no reason, and then as I got older, I thought, 'Why am I lying to everybody?' I would hear other people lie and be like, 'You sound so stupid.' So then I would just change my lies. The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes.

  

  Kendall Jenner
  • People
  • Why
  • Stupid

• I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical.

  

  Erin O'Connor
  • Perception
  • Concerned
  • Diabolical

• My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

  

  Dolly Parton
  • Song
  • Dream