Dolly Parton Quotes
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My fat never made me less money.
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I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.
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We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the time. I'm a human being. I'm very sensitive. I hurt like anybody else. But I do try my best to have a good attitude and I set about tryin' to take care of myself knowing I'm not going to be exactly right, so I just try to see what I can do to improve every single day.
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Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.
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I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.
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Poor little Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan... If those little girls slept with as many men as they say in the tabloids, why their little butts would have more fingerprints than the FBI! I kinda feel sorry for them. We should give those two a break.
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My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.
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My husband says I look like a Q-tip.
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I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.
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I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that. I never wanted to change, I just wanted to be successful, and be able to do more things for more people, and for myself as well.
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If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
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I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.
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Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
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I hope you're never happy with anybody but me, and every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me. Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, at least I speak honestly.
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You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.
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I love Velveeta cheese.
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Leave something good in every day.
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You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
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People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.
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Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.
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I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.
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Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.
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I'm easy to look like, so there are lots and lots of Dolly look-alikes.
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I usually eat breakfast twice. I'm usually up at 3 a.m. - do my spiritual work, my affirmations, a little bit of songwriting, get my daily work in order, and by that time I've worked up a bigger appetite.