Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
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I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely?
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No one is ever successful at everything that they do.
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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.
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I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.
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You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
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I'm no angel if that's what you thought you found. I was just the victim of a man that let me down.
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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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'9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another.
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George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
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I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'
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For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.
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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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If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
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I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
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I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!
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I have been asked to pose for Penthouse on my hundredth birthday. Everybody is going to be sorry.
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I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.
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I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
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I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet.
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Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
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They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.
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I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.