Archive for the ‘Weather’ Category
Snow Quotes and Sayings
Friday, January 15th, 2010Snow Quotes and Sayings Depending on what part of the country you live in, snow is either romantic or a real pain in the ass. Here are my favorite snow quotes, some on the positive side, and some downright negative. A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. Carl Reiner The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable....
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Fog Quotes and Sayings
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Fog Quotes and Sayings Like most weather events, fog is often seen as a spiritual or even human force — given emotional qualities and charged with the importance normally reserved for Gods or angels. Writers have taken advantage of the romantic aspect of fog and weather for all time. Here are a few favorite fog quotes and sayings. The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fo...
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Weather Quotes and Sayings
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Weather Quotes and Sayings The weather is a fact of life — it is the first thing we think of when making small talk, and it is one thing that all people will have to deal with regardless of their status. The weather has long been a subject of delight for philosophers and artists. Here’s a few of our favorite weather quotes and sayings. Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. Mark Twain Concrete is, essentially, the color of bad weather. William Hamilton Conversation about ...
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Clouds Quotes and Sayings
Friday, January 8th, 2010Cloud Quotes and Sayings Clouds and dreary weather go hand in hand, so it is no surprise that cloud quotes and sayings are mostly of the darker variety. Here’s a good cross-section of the world’s great quotes and proverbs about clouds. Every cloud has its silver lining Unknown Every silver lining has a cloud. Mary Kay Ash A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don’t get something smooth, but irregularities a...
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Wind Quotes and Sayings
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Wind Quotes and Sayings The wind has always been a strong emotional object for writers, philosophers and the like. For some cultures, wind is of the utmost importance as it drives their transportation, fishing, or agricultural needs. So many quotes and sayings about wind exist that we can only provide a brief look at proverbs involving the wind. A Boston man is the east wind made flesh. Thomas Gold Appleton A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, th...
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