Welty is a surname, and may refer to:
- Benjamin F. Welty (1870–1962), American politician from Ohio; U.S. representative 1917–21
- Chris Welty (contemporary), American computer scientist
- Eudora Welty (1909–2001), American author and photographer
- Harry Welty (contemporary), American school board chairman in Duluth, Minnesota
- John Welty (contemporary), American college administrator; president of California State University at Fresno since 1991
- Ron Welty (b. 1971), American punk-rock drummer
- Timothy Welty (1965–2001), American fireman from New York City; killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks
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Famous quotes containing the word welty:
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.”
—Eudora Welty (b. 1909)
“Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists. The strands are all there: to the memory nothing is ever really lost.”
—Eudora Welty (b. 1909)
“I believe the alphabet is no longer considered an essential piece of equipment for traveling through life. In my day it was the keystone to knowledge. You learned the alphabet as you learned to count to ten, as you learned “Now I lay me” and the Lord’s Prayer and your father’s and mother’s name and address and telephone number, all in case you were lost.”
—Eudora Welty (b. 1909)