Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Robert W. Welch, Jr. Quotes

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: December 1, 1899 - January 6, 1985

Topics

Power Simple Democracy Majority

There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than your body. And you don't have too many instruments up there workin'. But you got a lot of tools workin' in that body: the liver, the kidneys, the heart, the lungs. You soften that up and see what happens. I lived by the body shot.

Heart Man Tools Stronger You Body

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.

Work Time Blue You Will Way

I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be' this person, you know? So then its like, if I'm really this person, how can I be in the moment if I know there's just one line I'm supposed to say? It doesn't feel natural. I always just kind of want to say whatever comes up.

Moment Think Weird Feel You Person

Unfortunately I don't live by a Target now, so I just go to a regular Starbucks as opposed to a Starbucks nested inside a Target, which is my ideal situation. That works out for me. I like that white noise, those interruptions, and the people around me.

Live People Me White Situation Go

My favorite Bob Dylan record is the very first one where he sings one Bob Dylan song and the rest of them are his interpretations of the Dust Bowl-era folk songs, or even going back as far as the mass influx of people coming into the U.S. during the gold rush. His interpretations of those songs are incredible.

People Gold Song Rest Back First

Science is beginning to catch up with global health problems.

Science Health Beginning Problems Up

My mother cried when I told her I really didn't want to go to West Point. So I went.

Mother Go Want Point West Her

The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved.

Martin McGuinness

Freedom War Rule British Against

It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to stop their old practices of fighting each other every time they have a problem. They have to learn how to do peaceful conflict resolution.

Time Conflict Resolution Political

'Saturday Night Live' was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting.

Live Music Night Comedy Saturday

There's so many ways to do stand up, and I think for awhile, people weren't really maximizing the freedom of it.

Greg Fitzsimmons

Freedom People Stand Up Think Stand

'Toughness' and 'credibility' are leitmotifs that run through both Trumpian and Kissingerian deal-making. Both men insist that war and diplomacy are inseparable and that, to be effective, diplomats need to be able to wield threats and offer incentives in equal, unrestricted measure.

Men War Measure Run Toughness Need

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Robert W. Welch, Jr.