"I never have changed in my taste,..." - Quote by Dolly Parton

“I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.”

“I love Velveeta cheese.”

“I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.”

“I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances.”

“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a stone; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing.”

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”

“Yet through delivery orators succeed,I feel that I am far behind indeed.[Ger., Allein der Vortrag macht des Redners Gluck,Ich fuhl es wohl noch bin ich weit zuruck.]”

“Nothing great comes without enthusiasm.”

“Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.”