Subject: Science/Weather (Page 2)

There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

Last night, it was so cold, the flashers in New York were only describing themselves.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Bad weather reports are more often right than good ones.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Hotter than a depot stove

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

And tonight norther areas can expect incest and rain – I’m sorry, incessant rain.

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

(1894 – 1963) English writer

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

Large Celestial Object Stuns Astronomers

I went to Moscow once; it was so cold at night one guy fell out of bed and broke his pajamas.

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

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

I played as  much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on Tuesday.

professional golfer

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn’t there the second time.

(1940 – ) American ventriloquist, comedian & actor

First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.

(1906 – 1998) French mathematician

Barometer: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

(1911 – 1978) U.S. vice president & politician

Unbeknownst to most historians, Einstein started down the road of professional basketball before an ankle injury diverted him to science.

(1950 – ) American cartoonist The Far Side

Winter is nature’s way of saying, “Up yours.”

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator