Dolly Parton Quotes
If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.
Quotes to Explore
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
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We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.
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To a world sick with racism, get well soon.
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Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.
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There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever.
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A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.
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The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family
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Attitudes are the real figures of speech.
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I feel like I inspire more people than I think I do. I just need to remember that.
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Wherever you go, God be with you.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Do not expect anything; there is more to be gained by earning it.
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I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.
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If you got the poison, I've got the remedy.
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See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues.
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I love my life, and I love the people that I'm connected to and I love my family and I love what I do, I'm passionate about performing and being onstage. That and meditating and hugging a dog are the only three times I am absolutely sure I will never get a depressed moment. So if I could go from dog-hugging to meditation to being onstage, I'd be good.
