Subject: Science/Weather (Page 16)

What goes up must come down… but don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

The speed of exit of a civil servant is directly proportional to the quality of his service.

Rare is the “improvement” that will ever repay the time lost in performing it.

Normally in Chicago, you always have some kind of weather.

There will be a procession next Sunday afternoon in the grounds of the monastery; but if it rains in the afternoon, the procession will take place in the morning.

You might be a redneck if… you think that John Deere Green, Ford Blue, and Primer Gray are the three primary colors.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

How does Teflon stick to the pan?

You’ve never been lost until you’ve been lost at Mach 3.


Yes, but when I discovered it, it stayed discovered.

(1936 – 2013) American mathematician

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

(1807 – 1873) paleontologist, glaciologist & geologist

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

(1893 – 1970) American writer, critic & naturalist

It is so hot… I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.

I wouldn't touch the metric measuring system with a 3.048m pole.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not on theirs.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

It is so hot… Ed is actually putting ice in his Scotch.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

It was so cold… the kids at school were using flannel notebooks.