Subject: Science/Weather (Page 17)

As I looked out into the night sky, across all those infinite stars, it made me realize how insignificant they are.

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian

We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

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

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years.

(1903 – 1957) Hungarian-American mathematician

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

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

(1936 – 2013) American mathematician

I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold, I almost got married.

(1920 – 2006) American actress

‘Push’ is the force exerted upon the door marked PULL.

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

Spring is natures way of saying, “Let's party!"

(1951 – 2014) 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

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra; in real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.

(1859 – 1927) English writer

Why are the pictures square if the lens is round?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.