Ginger Zee Quotes

I preferred to use mathematics in some practical fashion and thought that meteorology sounded promising.

I wanted to be a meteorologist. I wanted to be a marine biologist.

Meteorologists don't use a script, and most create their own graphics and certainly put together their own forecasts. Most of us went to school to become scientists - at least I did - and studied thermodynamics, physics, and tons of calculus to take this young science to the next level. Our accuracy is amazing and will only continue to improve.

Do you know what 'meteorologist' means in English? It means liar.

It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci.

The Fifties and Sixties were years of unreal optimism about weather forecasting. Newspapers and magazines were filled with hope for weather science, not just for prediction but for modification and control. Two technologies were maturing together: the digital computer and the space satellite.

I was going to be a scientist.

When I was just starting out in the business, I used to love to watch Lorne Greene doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I said right then, 'That's what I want to do someday,' and it's been one dream that has come true.

I wanted to be a plumber.

While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could show in mental culture, I had an earnest desire for something more than a mere business education... I desired to study for a profession, and this prompted me to leave my native state.

Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise.

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

I started storm-chasing at a young age.

I have never been quite sure who controls the weather. Although we always prayed for clear skies, I have had to preach in all kinds of storms.

Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.

When I left college, I was out of work for three years. I had this dream of being on 'SNL,' and that was all I could imagine.

I wanted to be a doctor since I was five.

My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

Among all of our uncertainties weather is the most basic. We can’t live without it and we can’t control it.

From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.

I'd always been fascinated by archaeology; it was my original career plan as a kid.

I took a sociology class, and I got an A in it. Then I found out you could get an emphasis in criminal justice. I wanted to be an administrator.

The weather is the weather. You have to deal with whatever is out there.