Dolly Parton Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.

  Dolly Parton

  Depressing, School, Kids

• We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.

  Dolly Parton

  Children, Believe, Book

• My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

  Dolly Parton

  Brother, Husband, School

• If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.

  Dolly Parton

  Book, School, Self

  "Dolly Parton: The Southern Living Interview". Interview with Jennifer V. Cole, www.southernliving.com.

• So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write.

  Dolly Parton

  School, Writing, Daddy

  "Q&A: Dolly Parton learned early that giving leads to getting". Interview with Chris Taylor, www.reuters.com. November 29, 2016.

• I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

  Dolly Parton

  Dad, Smart, Writing

• I never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.

  Dolly Parton

  School, Boys, Men

• A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.

  Dolly Parton

  Dad, Writing, School

  "Dolly Parton: The Southern Living Interview". Interview with Jennifer V. Cole, www.southernliving.com.

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