Wynette Tammy Quotes & Sayings

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

When I lived in Nashville, Tanya Tucker and people like that were coming up, and I'm sure that Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were going, 'What's that noise? That's not country.' It's always been this battle where whoever comes up behind the reigning stars isn't country enough. There really is a lot more crossover now. — Callie Khouri

Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. — Hannah More

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

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

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me. — Tammy Wynette

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

You know, I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him, and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. And you know, if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him. — Hillary Clinton

The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say the answer is violence. That's what the schools should be doing. — Colman McCarthy

My idols are Oprah and Martha. From nothing, they built industries. — Thalia

Raised some taxes based on court orders and voter approval. — Mike Huckabee

We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames. — Merlin Olsen

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

And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think some people are really great at it, like Tammy Wynette and George Jones and Tony Bennett. — Lee Ann Womack

Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways. — Kacey Musgraves

I believe you have to live the songs. — Tammy Wynette

Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner. — Barbara Mandrell

Sometimes you do get tired in the business from all the traveling. No one outside of the business realizes what we go through ... Sometimes you don't mean to be unkind, but sometimes you're tired and do things you don't mean. I know the real fans understand. — Tammy Wynette

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

Man studied birds for centuries, trying to learn how to make a machine to fly like them. He never did do the trick; his final success came when he broke away entirely and tried new methods. — John W. Campbell