934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.

I think that all creative people are a little bit nuts...

If people think I'm a dumb blonde, because of the way I look, then they're dumber than they think I am. If people think I'm not very deep because of my wigs and outfits, then they're not very deep.

I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.