934 Quotes by 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."

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

"Be whatever your dreams and your luck will let you be."

"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."

"My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost."

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

"It costs a lot of money to look this cheap"

"People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there."

"The doc swore she came out screamin' in the key of E."

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