Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. She is The cultural icon and a multi-talented star. Great Dolly Parton quotes will instantly inspire you, brighten up your life and bring the best out of you.
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Famous Dolly Parton Quotes
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. Dolly Parton
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. Dolly Parton
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader. Dolly Parton
Storms make trees take deeper roots. Dolly Parton
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain! Dolly Parton
Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills. Dolly Parton
Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world. Dolly Parton
Find out who you are. And do it on purpose. Dolly Parton
I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else. Dolly Parton
If I hadn’t been a woman, I’d be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I’d be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I’d be like Ru Paul. Dolly Parton
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton
We’re all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can. Dolly Parton
It’s a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I’d be a drag queen. Dolly Parton
I walk tall; I got a tall attitude. Dolly Parton
Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Dolly Parton
I don’t like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone’s life is different, and everyone’s journey is different. Dolly Parton
Storms make trees take deeper roots. Dolly Parton
I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet. Dolly Parton
There’s a scripture that says, A merry heart doeth good like medicine. I think that’s true, too. Dolly Parton
I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets. Dolly Parton
I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them. Dolly Parton
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. Dolly Parton
I try to see the good in everybody, and I don’t care who people are as long as they’re themselves, whatever that is. Dolly Parton
I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb and I’m not blonde either. Dolly Parton
People say I look so happy and I say, That’s the Botox. Dolly Parton
I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give’em yours! Dolly Parton
I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool but that’s just natural. Dolly Parton
My weaknesses have always been food and men in that order. Dolly Parton
I’ve always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin my thing, my own way. And it’s been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life. Dolly Parton
People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there. Dolly Parton
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. Dolly Parton
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. Dolly Parton
If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I’ll get it nipped, tucked or sucked. Dolly Parton
They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key simple. Dolly Parton
You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try. Dolly Parton
I was the first woman to burn my bra it took the fire department four days to put it out. Dolly Parton
It’s a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I’d be a drag queen. Dolly Parton
When someone shows you their true colors, believe them. Dolly Parton
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! Dolly Parton
Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort. Dolly Parton
If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else. Dolly Parton
I make jokes about it, but it’s the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn’t know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I’d ever seen. Momma used to say, Aw, she’s just trash, and I thought, That’s what I want to be when I grow up. Trash. Dolly Parton
I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it’s like a battery you’ve got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person. Dolly Parton
If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying bad things about my momma. Them’s fightin words. Dolly Parton
I don’t kiss nobody’s butt. Dolly Parton
You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try. Dolly Parton
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. Dolly Parton
Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor. Dolly Parton
There’s nothing like white trash at the White House. Dolly Parton
If I see something saggin, baggin, or draggin, I’m gone have it nipped, tucked, or sucked! Dolly Parton
You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! Dolly Parton
I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable. Dolly Parton
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn’t get some of that stuff out. Dolly Parton
God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him. Dolly Parton
If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they’re owed, but I don’t expect them to be paid more than they earn. Dolly Parton
Wouldn’t it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us. Dolly Parton
I’m a showgirl, as you can tell. I’m ever ready. Dolly Parton
It takes a lot of time and money to look this cheap, honey. Dolly Parton
You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don’t know what’s goin on, I then got the money, and gone. Dolly Parton
I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious pieces of good in the world. Dolly Parton
I modelled my looks on the town tramp. Dolly Parton
I don’t know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger. Dolly Parton
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. Dolly Parton
Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent. Dolly Parton
The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone. Dolly Parton
It doesn’t bother me when someone calls me a dumb blonde. I’m neither dumb or blonde. Dolly Parton
Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent. Dolly Parton
They got me busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. Dolly Parton
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton
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 am capable of and I don’t agree to do things that I don’t think I can pull off. Dolly Parton
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. Dolly Parton
Be the alligator girl. Be whatever your dreams and your luck will let you be. Wear your green cornflakes with pride. Snarl at the crowds, and do your best to make them flinch. Give them a quarter’s worth of wonder. Dolly Parton
I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed. Dolly Parton
My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost. Dolly Parton
My weaknesses have always been food and men in that order. Dolly Parton
I think of country radio like a great lover you were nice to me, you gave me a lot of cool stuff, and then you dumped my ass for another woman. Dolly Parton
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on. Dolly Parton
The way I see it, you’ve gotta put up with the rain to get a rainbow. Dolly Parton
I was the first woman to burn my bra it took the fire department four days to put it out. Dolly Parton
If you try to follow everyone else and be like everyone else, before you know it you’re gone. You’re not going to find yourself again; you’ll just be a version of what you might have hoped to have been. Dolly Parton
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them. Dolly Parton
A bird a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home? Dolly Parton
I’ve always been fascinated by everything with wings. Dolly Parton
People ask me, Do you ever run out of patience? Are you ever rude to people?” Sometimes I am. I hate when it happens, but it seems like some people just try to get on your nerves. There are times when I feel like saying something like, Why don’t you get out of my face, you ugly woman. And take those bratty kids with you! But at times like that I usually get all flustered. I get confused and say stupid stuff like, Kiss my ass, that’s what you are. And don’t think I can’t do it! Dolly Parton
When I got somethin to say, I’ll say it. Dolly Parton
I’ve often said I don’t lose my temper as much as use it. I don’t do either unless I have to because I love peace and harmony, but when you step in my territory, I will call you on it. Dolly Parton
Energy begets energy. Dolly Parton
Fate granted some people their wildest, greatest wishes while leaving the simplest pleas of others unanswered. Dolly Parton
I have surrounded myself with very smart people. Dolly Parton
Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life just being able to roll with the punches. Dolly Parton
If I can hold God’s attention, I can hold the world’s. Dolly Parton
I say, Yeah, Taylor Swift. I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that. Dolly Parton
We can’t just hope for a brighter day, we have to work for a brighter day. Love too often gets buried in a world of hurt and fear. And we have to work to dig it out so we can share it with our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Dolly Parton
I’m an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody’s energy. But I give it back. Dolly Parton
She cared so much about her words, her creative expression, when what mattered to everyone else was the bottom line. Everything was a business even art. She’d written the songs, but she wouldn’t be able to truly own them. Not if she wanted the rest of the world to hear them. Dolly Parton
The only way I’d be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue. Dolly Parton
The way I see it, if you want a rainbow you have to put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
I just don’t have time to get old! Dolly Parton
Sometimes you could see the scars and sometimes you couldn’t. But everybody had them. Dolly Parton
I don’t have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24 hour supermarket when there is nobody else there. Dolly Parton
You don’t even have to believe in anything to be good to people. You should just know you should be a good human being. Dolly Parton
Never leave a rhinestone unturned. Dolly Parton
So here I was trying to get married to a man who hadn’t really asked me, with a boss that didn’t want me to and a town that wouldn’t let me do it when I wanted. Yet I knew in my heart it was right. Dolly Parton
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. Dolly Parton
If you don’t like th road your walking, start paving anotheer one. Dolly Parton
I’ll never graduate from collagen. Dolly Parton
When I discovered that there was actually a thing called a push-up bra, that, to me, had to be equal of the day Einstein figured out that relativity thing. Dolly Parton
A lot of people don’t realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. Dolly Parton
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
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. Dolly Parton
It would be better to have a new enemy, wouldn’t it, instead of an old one? The demons of the past were the hardest to slay. Dolly Parton
God and I have a great relationship, but we both see other people. Dolly Parton
I strengthen the muscles around my heart, but I can’t harden it. Dolly Parton
A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares if you don’t really work them. Dolly Parton
If you want to make it in this town, being talented is just one little tiny part of the battle. Fearlessness is mandatory. And shamelessness sure as hell don’t hurt. Dolly Parton
That little Miley Cyrus she’s like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she’s Hannah Montana, but what people don’t realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she’s 40 years old! Dolly Parton
The thing I will never forget was the talk he gave about faith. While the forgettable man handed out little red leatherette bound New Testaments, Searchlight passed out key chains. They were not just any key chains. Each one had a little plastic ball on the end with a single mustard seed inside. The plastic globe magnified it, much like the odd man’s eyes. If you looked closely, you could read a Bible verse on a shred of paper next to the mustard seed. It said, If ye have faith, even as much as a single seed of mustard, ye shall be able to move mountains. I took that to heart. In my particular case it might have said, Ye shall move from the mountains or even Ye shall grow mountains and parlay them into a huge career. Dolly Parton
I love to flirt, and I’ve never met a man I didn’t like. Dolly Parton
