I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest.

I believe you have to live the songs.

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man.

I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it.

The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.

Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.

I caught the preacher making love to Sister Mary Lou. God's gonna getcha for that.

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me.

Pain is knowledge, knowledge is to heal the future.

Close your eyes. Grab a hand. And jump! Your destiny is waiting for you at the bottom!

Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.

We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position.

We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow.

Faith cannot be shaken, it is the result of being shaken.

Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels.

Having a separate bathroom for the black domestic was just the way things were done. It had faded out in new homes by the time the '70s and '80s rolled up.

By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to dismiss the man so that his message could also be dismissed.