934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

When you’re 40, you can’t ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.

I may look fake but I’m real where it counts.

When I’m feeling a little low, I put on my favorite high heels to stand a little taller.

Well, my smile’s pretty hard to miss, considering I’m a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.

It’s when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.

I don’t want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.

I’m the kind of person who would rather rock in my rocking chair when I’m old and regret a few things that I did than to sit there and regret that I never tried...

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.

I just can’t stand to look plain, ’cause that don’t fit my personality. I may be a very artificial-looking person, but the good news is, I’m very real on the inside.