Welch's Quotes

#1. Maybe there is no better novel in the world than Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure. Just holding it in my hands, so precious, so beyond gay, so deliciously subversive, is enough to make illiteracy a worse social crime than hunger.

John Waters

#2. Do you seriously envision St. Paul or Calvin or Luther opening bottles of Welch's Grape Juice in the sacristy before the service? Luther at least would turn over in his grave.

Robert Farrar Capon

#3. If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.

Jack Welch

#4. The contrast between earthly and spiritual is not a contrast between the tangible and the intangible; it is between the transitory and the eternal. Earthly is temporary, spiritual is everlasting. [Ed Welch, Running Scared, 127]

Edward T. Welch

#5. There is, of course, a world of difference between cricket and the movie business ... I suppose doing a love scene with Racquel Welch roughly corresponds to scoring a century be fore lunch.

Oliver Reed

#6. Reality and 'what should be' are two brothers who live very far apart.

Gerald Welch

#7. I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!'

Florence Welch

#8. I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

Raquel Welch

#9. When you erode the fear of death with the knowledge that you already died [in Christ], you will find yourself moving toward a simple, bold obedience.

Edward T. Welch

#10. Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nation's faith and credit seriously.

Peter Welch

#11. I'm a hard worker, very driven, and have never expected anything to come easily. My yoga, a great rejuvenator, helped me to live down my image - this sex symbol thing. It helps me connect with myself.

Raquel Welch

#12. "Every leader makes mistakes, every leader stumbles and falls. The question with a senior level leader is, does she learn from her mistakes, regroup, and then get going again with renewed speed, conviction and confidence?"

Jack Welch

#13. If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by

Jack Welch

#14. I think that ideally that is how a company works. It becomes a place of ideas, not a place of position.

Jack Welch

#15. If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

Priscilla Welch

#16. Joy is not the opposite of suffering. If it were, a person practiced in joy could crowd out pain because one couldn't exist with the other. Instead, joy can actually be a companion to suffering.

Edward T. Welch

#17. I had to put my kid before my career and all the money I was making. I decided to do the right thing. I was dying inside. If I didn't have my daughter, I would be dead right now, for sure.

Brian Welch

#18. The perceived meaninglessness of work is often part of depression. It usually, however, is a sign of depression rather than a cause. Death.

Edward T. Welch

#19. As a leader, your job is to energize people around the mission and vision you've articulated.

Jack Welch

#20. I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love.

Raquel Welch

#21. The current moral decay perceived in society has often been blamed on the lack of God in the public schools. During the Great Depression God was prominent in the schools, hence She must have caused the depression. Challenge my logic.

Eric Welch

#22. The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

Florence Welch

#23. What is a budget review? A personal review with numbers

Jack Welch

#24. You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they sat, it's for the same two things."
"What?"
"Love and gelato.

Jenna Evans Welch

#25. When you wake up to kingdom realities, you find that you are tracing the steps of both the Israelites and Jesus himself into the wilderness ... The wilderness is the place where God meets his people, Satan attacks, and kingdom allegiances are revealed. [Ed Welch, Running Scared, 118]

Edward T. Welch

#26. Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear cut choices about how to compete. You cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep its pockets.

Jack Welch

#27. RULE 2. Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it.

Jack Welch

#28. The elevator jolted and came to a halt. Caught off balance, Hannah stumbled into him. Lincoln caught her, and her cheeks filled with color. "Hmm." Mr. Welch rubbed his beard. "Looks like she's warming up to you already, Mr. Cole.

Lorna Seilstad

#29. God's love is a costly love. It never takes the easy path away from relationships. Instead, it plots how to move towards other people. It thinks creatively of ways to surprise them with love.

Edward T. Welch

#30. I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.

Michael Welch

#31. If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Jack Welch

#32. It was full of dead Prussian Guards, big men, and dead Royal Welch Fusiliers and South Wales Borderers, little men. Not a single tree in the wood remained unbroken.

Phil Carradice

#33. A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their losses everywhere else.

Jack Welch

#34. I think I've always looked older than I am. I hope that's going to work in my favor when I get older.

Florence Welch

#35. I am 5 ft 6 in, and at my peak, my vital statistics were 37-22-35. I didn't even think about my weight - but now I work hard at keeping healthy. Fortunately, my husband Richie is as much of a fitness buff as I am.

Raquel Welch

#36. So... Italian gelato. Take the deliciousness of a regular ice-cream cone, times it by a million, then sprinkle it with crushed-up unicorn horns.

Jenna Evans Welch

#37. I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve.

Michael Welch

#38. General Electric CEO Jack Welch said in Winning: No vision is worth the paper it's printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards.

Eric Schmidt

#39. Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.

Florence Welch

#40. I inherited good skin from my mother, and I stay away from soap, which dries it out.

Raquel Welch

#41. I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in traditional Southern American music.

Gillian Welch

#42. When I became a mother, I put on the mom jeans and developed mom genes.

Kristen Welch

#43. When it comes to addictions, we tend to divide humanity into two groups: those who are prone toward addictions and those who aren't. The reality, of course, is very different. All human beings have already fallen into sin.

Edward T. Welch

#44. It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

Florence Welch

#45. We spend too much time concealing our neediness. We need to stop hiding. Being needy is our basic condition. There is no shame in it - it's just the way it is. Understanding this, accepting it, and practicing it will make you a better helper.

Edward T. Welch

#46. When happy, we possess something we love; when anxious, something we love is at risk; when despondent, something we love has been lost; when angry, something we love is being stolen or kept from us.

Edward T. Welch

#47. As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.

Judd Nelson

#48. It wasn't a little kiss, Not like your first peck or like the time you made out with your junior high boyfriend behind the movie theater. It was throw-your-arms-around-his-neck, bury-your-fingers-in-his-hair, why-haven't-we-done-this-before kissing

Jenna Evans Welch

#49. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

Jack Welch

#50. Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.

Raquel Welch

#51. I guarantee you it will not be anyone from the outside.

Jack Welch

#52. I think "waste of your brain" is something that my mother would say to me occasionally - I think it's usually when I'm telling her something like that I can remember every outfit I've ever worn.

Florence Welch

#53. Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change.

Peter Welch

#54. Tom Landry is a perfectionist. If he was married to Raquel Welch, he'd expect her to cook.

Don Meredith

#55. I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.

Florence Welch

#56. We aren't called to do big things; we are just called to do something that fulfills this command: Love God. Love others.

Kristen Welch

#57. First and most obvious, bring out the three old warhorses of competition - cost, quality, and service - and drive them to new levels, making every person in the organization see them for what they are, a matter of survival.

Jack Welch

#58. So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about - and that's winning. Your needs may get heard - and even successfully resolved - but not if the boss's needs aren't met as well.

Jack Welch

#59. What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal.

Jack Welch

#60. Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.

Jack Welch

#61. Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight.

Lew Welch

#62. I'm still the way I've always been. Lots of hair and eyes, a bit Raquel Welch-ish.

Jane Badler

#63. to reach the kind of success you want you, must know and understand that 'Success is a state of Mind', as long as you never stop thinking, you can achieve whatever,

R.L. Welch

#64. The fastest way to bring a wrecking ball to our skewed interpretations is through confession.

Edward T. Welch

#65. I've had a big heart my whole life; all the Korn fans know that. A lot of people told me that I was different.

Brian Welch

#66. Science fiction is the arena of the not-yet, and every science fiction story has this element of not-yet-ness - usually a bit of technology or a scientific discovery that we don't know about in the real world of the present but that might be a possibility in the future.

Welch Everman

#67. I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.

Florence Welch

#68. The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

Jack Welch

#69. I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

Jack Welch

#70. They were both smiling so hard, it was surprising the frame could contain the happiness of that moment, surprising that it didn't shatter into a million pieces, floating all over the funeral home like dust.

Liz Welch

#71. Parents who want to raise grateful kids need to start by living grateful lives.

Kristen Welch

#72. Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're informal. They're straight with people. They make a religion out of being accessible. They never get bored telling their story.

Jack Welch

#73. Unless I am mistaken, it was Mr. Welch himself (an adamant total abstainer) who persuaded American Protestantism to abandon what the Lord obviously thought rather kindly of.

Robert Farrar Capon

#74. Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

Jack Welch

#75. Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete.

Jack Welch

#76. The basic idea is to focus on the matchless worth of the Lord God and then get connected to him.

Edward T. Welch

#77. When the amount of change externally exceeds the amount of change internally, the end is in sight.

Jack Welch

#78. Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

Boy George

#79. The main social responsibility for a company is to win.

Jack Welch

#80. No one is guaranteed a job in this.

Jack Welch

#81. Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.

Jack Welch

#82. When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.

Jack Welch

#83. For an economic recovery program to be effective, it must not only create a short-term economic boost but also generate lasting value. Home Star would accomplish that by breaking down the key barrier between homeowners and money-saving retrofits: upfront costs.

Peter Welch

#84. Worst nightmares can also appear with your eyes open.

Florence Welch

#85. Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored.

Peter Welch

#86. God does nothing apart from prayer, but he does everything by it.

John Welch

#87. The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can ... become very onerous indeed.

Robert W. Welch Jr.

#88. When there's change, there's opportunity.

Jack Welch

#89. Before I could catch it, my heart slammed straight down to my feet, leaving me with a massive hole in my chest. It was amazing how I could just be going along, doing okay, and then suddenly-wham-I missed her so much even my fingernails hurt.

Jenna Evans Welch

#90. In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.

Jack Welch

#91. Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological

Edward T. Welch

#92. The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked together the best wins.

Jack Welch

#93. Look, if Givenchy is going to lend you a dress, I'm not going to turn it down. I would wear that dress to just go out and buy a pint of milk if they would lend it to me.

Florence Welch

#94. Humility means that you acknowledge you don't know everything, and you might be especially confused when it comes to God.

Edward T. Welch

#95. The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.

Florence Welch

#96. Humans are needy by design. Will we abandon the myth of independence and seek God?

Edward T. Welch

#97. Hey, I just thought of something."
"What?"
"When we're together, we make one whole Italian.

Jenna Evans Welch

#98. An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people.

Jack Welch

#99. Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.

Florence Welch

#100. I got to live out my 11-year-old fantasies - I got to go on stage with Green Day. Billie Joe called my name from the stage. 'Dookie' was the first album I ever bought. I covered the whole of 'Nimrod' and he'd heard it. That was like the 11-year-old girl dreamed.

Florence Welch