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Quotations about Weather

Using Quotations in a Speech or Text about Weather

As well as keeping your audience engaged, adding quotations to a speech or a text can significantly enhance its impact and effectiveness. Quotations are useful for explaining complex ideas concisely, much in the same way that analogies are used. Additionally, quotations from experts or celebrities can add credibility to your message.

Here are some funny and poignant quotations about weather. If your speech is serious, do not automatically avoid funny quotations as they can often be the most impactful, forcing your audience into the thinking about the hidden analogous message in your selected quotation.

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." (British actor Peter Ustinov)
"When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth." (Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw)

If you are looking to make a fuller speech about weather, then below this selection of quotations are three funny themes and three serious themes on the topic of weather that might help trigger some ideas for your speech or text.

"Weather forecast for tonight: dark." George Carlin (American comedian, 1937-2008)

"It was the wrong kind of snow." Terry Worrall (British rail spokesman) explaining disruption on British Rail in 1991

"We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window." Dan Spencer (baseball coach, 1965-) talking about a 24/7 weather channel)

"Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get." Mark Twain (American writer, 1835-1910)

"Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative." Oscar Wilde (playwright, 1854-1900)

"Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions." J. D. Salinger (American novelist and short-story writer, 1919-2010)

"The English winter – ending in July,
To recommence in August." Lord Byron (English poet, 1788-1824)

"Summer has set in with its usual severity." Samuel Taylor Coleridge (English poet, critic, and philosopher, 1772-1834)

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing." Ranulph Fiennes (English explorer, 1944-)

"A woman rang to say she heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well don't worry, there isn't." Michael Fish (British weather forecaster, 1944-) on the night before catastrophic gales hit southern England

"When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather." Samuel Johnson (English poet, critic, and lexicographer, 1709-84)

"Come December, people always say, 'Isn't it cold?' Well, of course it's cold. It's the middle of winter. You don't wander around at midnight saying, 'Isn't it dark?'" Arthur Smith (English comedian, 1954-)

"Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May." Anthony Trollope (English novelist, 1815-82)

Thinking Template for a Speech or Text on Weather

Below are 3 funny themes and 3 serious themes related to weather. These have been included to help you identify areas to explore.

Funny Themes:

Weather Bloopers: The Funniest On-Air Meteorologist Mishaps
- Share amusing anecdotes or stories about on-air meteorologist mishaps, from flubbed forecasts to unexpected events during live weather reports.
Storm Chasing Follies: The Most Entertaining Misadventures in Weather Tracking
- Explore humorous tales from storm chasers, discussing the unpredictable and often amusing situations they encounter while tracking severe weather.
Umbrella Uproars: Comical Stories of Windy Weather Woes
- Discuss comical situations involving umbrellas during windy weather, including funny mishaps, struggles, and the ubiquitous turned-inside-out umbrella.

Serious Themes:

Climate Change and Extreme Weather: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
- Explore the serious impacts of climate change on weather patterns, including the increase in extreme weather events and strategies for adaptation and resilience.
The Science of Meteorology: Advances in Forecasting and Weather Prediction
- Discuss advancements in meteorology, focusing on how new technologies and scientific research have improved weather forecasting and prediction accuracy.
Weather and Society: Economic and Social Impacts of Weather Events
- Address the broader social and economic impacts of weather events, exploring how severe weather affects communities, agriculture, and infrastructure.

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