Quotes from Dolly Parton

I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.

I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.

I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.

A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.

I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.

I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.

I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.

I hope you're never happy with anybody but me, and every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me. Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, at least I speak honestly.

I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom).

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

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

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.

A bird & a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home?

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

God and I have a great relationship but we both see other people.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.

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.