Dolly Parton Quotes And Sayings

After Momma Gave Birth To 12 Of Us Kids, We Put Her Up On A Pedestal. It Was Mostly To Keep Daddy Away From Her.

I Often Joke That 100 Years From Now I Hope People Are Saying, 'Dang, She Looks Good For Her Age!'

I'm A Showgirl, As You Can Tell. I'm Ever Ready.

The Secret To A Long Marriage Is To Stay Gone.

My Mama Never Wore A Pair Of Pants When I Was Growing Up, And Now That's All She Wears. It Was So Funny For Me When I First Started Seeing Mama Wear Pants. It Was Like It Wasn't Mama. Now I've Bought Her Many A Pantsuit Because She Just Lives In Them.

Depression Runs In My Family On Both Sides, And I Have To Be Wary.

When You're 40, You Can't Ride The Fence Anymore. You Gotta Make Definite Decisions About Your Life.

If I Can Get My Dress On, My Weight Is Under Control.

There's Nothing Like White Trash At The White House.

Someone Once Asked Me, 'How Long Does It Take To Do Your Hair.' I Said, 'I Don't Know, I'm Never There.'

I've Always Been Fascinated By Everything With Wings.

I'll Bring My Grits When I Travel, Because I Get So Hungry On The Road.

I'll Bring My Grits When I Travel, Because I Get So Hungry On The Road.

I Wanted To Write A Book That Talked About The Emotions Of Children, Which Is The Rainbow. We All Have Moods. We Talk About Being Blue When We're Sad, And Being Yellow When We're Cowards, And When We're Mad, We're Red.

I'm Not Offended By All The Dumb Blonde Jokes Because I Know I'm Not Dumb... And I Also Know That I'm Not Blonde.

People Like Bluegrass. It's Had A Following Amongst A Lot Of Hip And Young People. A Lot Of College Kids Like Bluegrass.

My Husband Calls Me 'Catfish.' He Says I'm All Mouth And No Brains.

You Can Be Rich In Spirit, Kindness, Love And All Those Things That You Can't Put A Dollar Sign On.

Find Out Who You Are. And Do It On Purpose.

Funny Thing Is That The Poorer People Are, The More Generous They Seem To Be.

I Wear Wigs All The Time On Shows, And Every Day When I'm In Public, At Dollywood. People Say, 'How Many Wigs Do You Have?' And I Say, 'Well, At Least 365 Because I Wear At Least One A Day.'

I Am Not Gay, But If I Were, I Would Be The First One Running Out Of The Closet.

Energy Begets Energy.

We Cannot Direct The Wind, But We Can Adjust The Sails.

You Don't Need To Buy Expensive Cosmetics; Almost Anything Will Do If You Know How To Apply It.

Believe It Or Not, I Was Just Given An Honorary Doctorate Degree From The University Of Tennessee.

Tell Me I Have To Be Somewhere, And I'll Be There 20 Minutes Early And Stay There Longer Than Anybody Else. You Hold Up A Lot Of People If You're Not On Time.

When I Was With Andy Warhol, I Thought, 'God, His Wig Looks Cheaper Than Mine!'

I Love Story Songs Because I've Always Loved Books.

I Think Your Values Are Always Influenced By Your Family And Your Community.

It's Not Easy Being Young. It's Hard To Know What To Do.

For Some Reason, I Have Better Luck When I Work With Women. I Guess I Have A Good Sense Of Sisterhood.

Above Everything Else I've Done, I've Always Said I've Had More Guts Than I've Got Talent.

No Matter What, I Always Make It Home For Christmas. I Love To Go To My Tennessee Mountain Home And Invite All Of My Nieces And Nephews And Their Spouses And Kids And Do What We All Like To Do - Eat, Laugh, Trade Presents And Just Enjoy Each Other... And Sometimes I Even Dress Up Like Santa Claus!

People Don't Realize That We, We Meaning People In Show Business, Have The Same Problems As Everyone Else. Money Doesn't Change That. Fame Doesn't Change That. Sometimes That Brings On More Problems. You Know, It's Just A Different Kind Of Problems.

I'm Not Going To Limit Myself Just Because People Won't Accept The Fact That I Can Do Something Else.