Subject: Science/Weather

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

The sky is falling… no, I'm tipping over backwards.


If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.

(1915 – 1987) Brazilian/British biologist

Statistician: A person who can draw a mathematically precise line from an unwarranted assumption to a foregone conclusion. 

It is best to read the weather forecast before we pray for rain.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

I have the oldest typewriter in the world; it types in pencil.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

It was a dry rain.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

No experiment is reproducible.

1. An object in motion will be heading in the wrong direction.
2. An object at rest will be in the wrong place.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour; sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute; that’s relativity.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

What really matters is the name you succeed in imposing on the facts – not the facts themselves.

The climate of England has been the world’s most powerful colonizing impulse.

I like to play in the low 70′s… if it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

In Seattle, they have a saying: 'If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and then shoot yourself in the face.'

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian

It is so hot… I saw a chicken lay a fried egg.

It is so hot… I saw a squirrel fanning his nuts.

The amount of time you have to wait for a bus is directly proportional to the inclemency of the weather.

It is so hot… Dick Cheney waterboarded himself.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host