Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
I know my hair is out of the '60's, my clothes are '50's and the shoes I wear are from the '40's. But I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by — Dolly Parton Copy Share
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… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
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,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. — Dolly Parton Copy Share
There are some people who physically are not beautiful. But the way they are, the way they treat people, they become beautiful, and you… — Dolly Parton Copy Share
