Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
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I used to try to write a song a day. I've been so busy lately.
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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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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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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 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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People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.
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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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I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
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My husband said 'show me your boobs' and I had to pull up my skirt... so it was time to get them done!
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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 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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Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.
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My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.
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Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.
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You're not going to see your dreams come true if you don't put wings, legs, arms, hands, and feet on 'em.
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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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Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.
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My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.
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Paradise is a state of mind.
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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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Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.
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I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.