"They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel..." - Quote by Dolly Parton

“A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.”

“Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you.”

“I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and being a dramatic singer and writer, when I write stuff I really feel it. So I sing it like it comes from here. That's how I do the acting.”

“All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.”

“I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.”

“I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.”

“Said a skunk to a tube-rose, "See how swiftly I run, while you cannot walk nor even creep."Said the tube-rose to the skunk, "Oh, most noble swift runner, please run swiftly!"”

“True thinkers are characterized by a blending of clearness and mystery.”

“An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: "There is very little difference between one man and another; but what little there is, is very important." This distinction seems to me to go to the root of the matter.”