J. Paul Getty Quotes

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

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.

It’s very hard to predict the weather. Predicting human affairs is very difficult.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it is more important to know whether there will be weather, whether than what the weather will be.

Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

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

You can't say for certain what will happen to the weather in the long term.

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

The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.

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

It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough approximation.

I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.

I cannot command winds and weather.

Viewers figure, 'Uncle Willard doesn't know any more about the weather than I do.' They're right.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

I rarely watch TV but I guess I'd watch the weather report since I fly so much.

I think we do have cyclic changes in weather, and I think that's been throughout the course of history.

Not reassuring when weathermen say 'Today will be terrible but don't worry it won't be as terrible as tomorrow or Friday.

The government can't change the weather.

If you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it'll change.

We see something change in our climate and we blame ourselves ... I don't think we understand what happens. We can watch it happen on the (climate) models, we know it happens, but we don't know for sure how it happens.

I'm not making any bets on the future.