Welder Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old welder quotes, welder sayings, and welder proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

A master welder can strike an arc blindfolded, with one hand, upside down, in a snowstorm. Steven Robert Farnsworth
I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was. Billy Connolly
Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day. Billy Connolly
The Welder Way means rolling up your sleeves and getting it done.  It means no divas.  It means complete support for the artistic vision in charge – a philosophy of “what can I do to help you?” Allyson Currin
You are a welder if you have sun burn in the winter. Walter
Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie-detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool the metal. Lois McMaster Bujold
Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers. Marco Rubio
I'd always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder who knew a few jokes. Billy Connolly
It's what they do. If you're a welder and all of the sudden you're not the most popular welder on the block, are you going to quit welding? It's the same with any other occupation. Nobody should expect them to quit doing what they do. Ray Waddell
Nobody starts out knowing everything. You have to start at the bottom and pick people's brains. When I got out of the service, I became a sheet-metal worker. I was an apprentice for five years. I found out who the top people were in my trade, and I asked to work with them. I asked them a lot of questions. How can we do this a little faster, a little cheaper, a little better? Once they know where you're coming from, they open up. Lorenzo Gaytan
A workman at my farm showed me a broken metal bar. He fitted the two ends together, then subjected the joint to intense heat in the process of welding so that, as he explained, "the molecules flowed together in fusion." He told me that if he were to use a sledgehammer to hit the welded bar with force, it might break, but most likely not at the point where it had been welded. He was telling me that the metal bar could become strongest at its hitherto weakest place. Norman Vincent Peale
Steel can take on no other form than its current one for the person who cannot work with it. But any form is its current one for the machinist or blacksmith. Robert Pirsig
Forging has a way of taking hold of you until it becomes part of who you are. Robert Thomas
You are a welder if you have sun burn in the winter. Chantique Inti Decor
Welding is more than just grabbing a stick and going to work. There's a lot of science and knowledge involved. Mike Kuehnl
If you plan on becoming a TIG welder, you better plan on doing lots and lots of burning. Marty Rice
That lady welder and I are just friends. Just because I'm a welder, you know, doesn't mean I'm carrying a torch for her. Herman Munster
Boy, if my folks would only let me work. Then I could do all the things I want to do. I could take you dancing, the way you like to go, places you like to go to. You know, they need welders. They need 'em worse than soldiers. Frank 'Frankie' Hauser