Jollien Dolly Patrin Quotes

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

My grandpa was a preacher. ~ Dolly Parton

I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable. ~ Dolly Parton

For my nymphet I needed a diminutive with a lyrical lilt to it. One of the most limpid and luminous letters is "L". The suffix "-ita" has a lot of Latin tenderness, and this I required too. Hence: Lolita. However, it should not be pronounced as you and most Americans pronounce it: Low-lee-ta, with a heavy, clammy "L" and a long "o". No, the first syllable should be as in "lollipop", the "L" liquid and delicate, the "lee" not too sharp. Spaniards and Italians pronounce it, of course, with exactly the necessary note of archness and caress. Another consideration was the welcome murmur of its source name, the fountain name: those roses and tears in "Dolores." My little girl's heartrending fate had to be taken into account together with the cuteness and limpidity. Dolores also provided her with another, plainer, more familiar and infantile diminutive: Dolly, which went nicely with the surname "Haze," where Irish mists blend with a German bunny - I mean, a small German hare. ~ Vladimir Nabokov

I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.' ~ Dolly Parton

I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite. ~ Dolly Parton

I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out! ~ Dolly Parton

I support Dolly Sisters, sir. Always have done."
"And are they any good?"
"Having a poor patch at the moment, sir."
"Ah, then I expect you will want to support our team, which will be very good indeed!"
"Can't do that, sir. You've got to support your team, sir."
"but you just said that they weren't doing well."
"That's when you support your team, sir. Otherwise you're a numper."
"A numper being ... ?" said Ridcully.
"He's someone who's all cheering when things are going well, and then runs off to another team when there's a losing streak. They always shouts the loudest. ~ Terry Pratchett

Don't judge me by the cover, 'cause I'm a real good book. ~ Dolly Parton

I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home. ~ Dolly Parton

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that. ~ Dolly Parton

When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris. ~ Dolly Parton

I went for a more classical approach to filmmaking with lots of dolly, track and cranes, and slightly slower, more choreographed fight moves, so you get more fight moves in one take. ~ Paul W. S. Anderson

I do wear wigs ... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind - and me too proud to run after it. ~ Dolly Parton

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good. ~ Dolly Parton

Smile, it increases you face value. ~ Dolly Parton

My husband says I look like a Q-tip. ~ Dolly Parton

I don't like to get involved in things that I am not familiar with. I'm kind of a hands-on type of person. ~ Dolly Parton

We came up with this idea of a power struggle between two people who really love each other, and 'Doll & Em' took off. Calling it by our own names was the director's idea, but hopefully people will understand that we're playing versions of ourselves. ~ Dolly Wells

If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold. ~ Dolly Parton

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul. ~ Dolly Parton

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee. ~ Dolly Parton

I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant. ~ Dolly Parton

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

I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool. ~ Landon Donovan

I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound. ~ Valerie June

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet. ~ Dolly Parton

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. ~ Dolly Parton

My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. ~ Dolly Parton

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again. ~ Dolly Parton

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit. ~ Dolly Parton

Its head, she tied on a neat little cap, and as both arms and legs were gone, she hid these deficiencies by folding it in a blanket and devoting her best bed to this chronic invalid. If anyone had known the care lavished on that dolly, I think it would have touched their hearts, even while they laughed. She brought it bits of bouquets, she read to it, took it out to breathe fresh air, hidden under her coat, she sang it lullabies and never went to bed without kissing its dirty face and ~ Louisa May Alcott

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

I love story songs because I've always loved books. ~ Dolly Parton

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer. ~ Dolly Parton

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate. ~ Dolly Parton

Looking down at Dolly, I took my watch from my pocket, raised it to my ear and announced, "Tick tock. ~ Tillie Cole

I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith. ~ Dolly Parton

I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100. ~ Dolly Parton

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away. ~ Dolly Parton

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished. ~ Dolly Parton

Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park. ~ Dolly Parton

I turned at this new voice, a female voice with a deep country twang. My mouth dropped open at what I saw. Dolly Parton, or a fair impersonation of her, was standing in the doorway. Big blonde hair, tiny body, enormous knockers, wearing a pink negligee set, complete with marabou feathers, even on the high-heeled slippers she wore. I realized she wasn't Dolly because she had to be my age, or maybe a year or two older. ~ Kristen Ashley

I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked. ~ Dolly Parton

I'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear. ~ Dolly Parton

I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am. ~ Dolly Parton

'Jolene' has been very popular all of these years, even overseas. ~ Dolly Parton

She was walking toward the beauty shop when Shay came out the door moving fast. The first thing Jill noticed was Shay's hair and how it appeared really big. As Shay drew closer, Jill realized she looked like she was wearing a mask with big blue streaks over the eyes and giant red pouty lips. "What happened to you?" Jill asked in shock. "I'm not sure," Shay said, looking just as stunned. "One minute, I was reading a magazine, and the next, two women that looked like Dolly Parton descended on me like vultures. They started putting stuff on my face, then they did all kinds of things to my hair." Anne walked out of the shop next; her Napoleon hat 'do rode higher than ever. Ella followed with her little red hair ball reinflated. "Doesn't Shay just look beautiful?" Ella chirped. She looked like a hooker who'd just survived a wind tunnel, but Jill nodded and tried to smile. ~ Robin Alexander

It feels like as you get a bit older, you've worked out the things that are good for your life apart from with acting. ~ Dolly Wells