Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified. "

Related Quotes:

" Who wants to be married to a grandfather? "

" The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires. "

" Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it. "

" I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. "

" Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. "

" I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. "

" How do you measure your value? "

" I believe in education and wish I had a better one. "

" I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due. "

" I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous. "

" Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me. "

" I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have. "

" You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess. "

" The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch. "

Getting Married

" I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people. "

" I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers. "

" I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do. "

" There's always been a man telling me what to do. "

" I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language. "

" Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped. "

" Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. "

" I ain't got much education, but I got some sense. "

" I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me. "

" When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could. "

" I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. "

" I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying. "

" Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown. "

" I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair. "

" Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things. "

" I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. "