Dolly Parton Quotes

“We're afraid to live, because we're afraid of dying.”

“If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.”

“I've been guilty of most of the stuff that's been said about me to some degree. And if I ain't done it, I probably will.”

“I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.”

“I'm very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband.”

“I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.”

“Everybody has a purpose.”

“My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.”

“I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!”

“Some guys look better as they get older.”

“My mistakes are no worse than yours.”

“The hardest exercise for most of us fat people is that one where we push our chairback from the dinner table.”

“I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.”

“I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.”

“A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.”

“Islands in the streams, that is what we are.”

“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.”

“I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair”

“[On being overweight:] If I tried to haul ass, I would have to make two trips.”

“I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.”

“Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.”

“All the fame and fortune, glory and prestige, can't make me happy if it goes against what I believe.”

“A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.”

“I have little bones.”

“I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.”