Dolly Parton Quotes
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After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
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I'm one of those people that if its something to eat I'm going to eat the whole thing, If I'm going to be in love I'm going to love you all the way and if my heart's broken, it's just shattered all to pieces.
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You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs...whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.
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I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.
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I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made 'em up myself.
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I used to try to write a song a day. I've been so busy lately.
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No one is ever successful at everything that they do.
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When I have sex with my husband, I fantasize I am with a petite, hot young woman.
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lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do ... They just don't wear them all at the same time.
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I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
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If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad.
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Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.
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We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.
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Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.
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I don't know that I'm beautiful or glamorous. I'm a pretty artificial looking person. I sure am flattered when people think I'm beautiful, but I think I'm leaning towards more cartoonish than beautiful. But I'm comfortable with who I am. And since I wasn't born as a natural beauty, I just make the most of what I've got.
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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
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Dreams are of no value if they don't have wings and feet.
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I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'
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I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.
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You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.
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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 think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to get on one side or the other. I think some of my best years were between 40 and 50: I got my priorities straight and life is good to me now. It's only other people who say, "God, she's 50 years old!" as if I'm over the hill. I feel like I just started.
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I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and, you know, go to the bathroom because all the outdoor toilets. But anyhow, I was only going out to see the boys.
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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.