Dolly Parton

Clairee: "I've just been to the dedication of the new children's park."
Truvy: "Yeah, how did that go?"
Clairee: "Janice Van Meter got hit with a baseball. It was fabulous."
Truvy: "Was she hurt?"
Clairee: "I doubt it. She got hit in the head."

"Oh sweetheart don't. Please don't cry or I will too. I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence."

"There's so much static electricity in this room, I pick up everything but boys and money."

"Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin' across your face."

"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion."

"In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight."

Truvy: "I kind of like hiring somebody with a past."
Clairee: "She can't be more than eighteen. She hasn't had time to have a past."
Truvy: "Oh get with it, Clairee. This is the eighties. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past."

"Smile! It increases your face value."