Dolly Parton Quotes

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

Intelligence, Jokes, Dumb

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Dolly Parton

Rain, Put, Rainbow

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

Another, Start, Road

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Dolly Parton

Cannot, Wind, Direct

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
Dolly Parton

Good, Girl, Born

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

Hope, Home, Husband

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

Music, Bad, Saying

Storms make trees take deeper roots.
Dolly Parton

Storms, Trees, Roots

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
Dolly Parton

Wait, Inspired, Next

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
Dolly Parton

Woman, Fire, Put

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.
Dolly Parton

Food, Men, Order

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.
Dolly Parton

Someone, Enough, Old

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

Cheap, Surprised, Costs

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

Positive, Evil, Person

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

Off, Won, Capable

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.
Dolly Parton

Time, Good, Happy

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.
Dolly Parton

Gay, Big, Lesbian

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
Dolly Parton

Live, Happen, Door

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.
Dolly Parton

Enough, Try, Brave

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.
Dolly Parton

Woman, Fire, Put

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.
Dolly Parton

School, Poor, Kids

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

Else, Fact, Accept

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

Heart, Why, Big

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
Dolly Parton

Money, Cheap, Costs

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
Dolly Parton

Good, Attitude, Older

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Nationality: American

Born: January 19, 1946

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