Dolly Parton

“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.”

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

“In order to get to the rainbow you must be able to deal with the rain.”

“They got me busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.”

“Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.”

“Cause I am strong and I can prove itAnd I got my dreams to see me throughIt's just a mountain, I can move itAnd with faith enough there's nothing I can't doAnd I can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd I can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd everything's gonna be all rightIt's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]”

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

“I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.”

“When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.”

“It takes a lot of time and money to look this cheap, honey,”

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

“It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.”

“They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.”

“Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.”

“I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.”

“the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball”

“If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”

“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.”

“Smile -- it increases your face value.”

“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

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

“I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!”

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

“My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.”

“If I see something saggin', baggin', or draggin', I'm gone have it nipped, tucked, or sucked!”

“I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either.”

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!”

“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.”

“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”

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

“Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.”

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

“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”