“When everyone is catching great waves and out in the line up telling stories and having a laugh, you have the best times. I also get really psyched surfing or running in the rain.” StoriesRunningLinesLaughingRainWaveSurfingCatchingGet RealTelling StoriesBest Times Author:Sally Fitzgibbons
“Your car breaks down in the middle of the night. It's raining. It's cold. And you have to change the tire of your car. You cannot really enjoy that it is cold and wet, but you can bring acceptance to it. Peace flows into it.” NightEnjoyBreakMiddleCarAcceptanceColdRainFlowWetBreaking DownTireMiddle Of The Night Author:Eckhart Tolle
“It made it feel impossible, quite honestly, because filming - you film come rain, come shine, come whatever. And it did rain a lot. And of course, that's what she must have gone through. Of course it rained; of course it was cold... But, you know, it really was quite hard to be out there in the rain.” KnowsFeelsMadeHardFilmCoursesGoneImpossibleColdRainShiningHonestlyMade It Author:Maggie Smith
“The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said Allah God has come to fight the battle of justice for the Black man and woman of America and it is He who is plaguing America with the disasters of unusual rain, hail, snow, and soon earthquakes. So if the Black man and woman and the Native Americans, or Indians, are not in the equation of those running for the high office of the Presidency of the United States, if we are not in the equation for justice, then none of these candidates can save America from the Wrath of Allah (God).” IfsMenSaidStatesRunningAmericaFightingBlackJusticeUnitedUnited StatesBattleOfficeMen And WomenRainDisasterSnowCandidatesNativeUnusualNative AmericanHonorablePresidencyEquationsWrathMuhammadEarthquakesHailElijahElijah MuhammadHonorable Elijah Muhammad Author:Louis Farrakhan
“When I was a kid growing up in the '80s, the BBC showed those old Buster Crabbe serials like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. So instead of ponderous sci-fi or depressing sci-fi or dystopian sci-fi and all the things we're kind of used to, where it's always raining and it's always dark, I thought, "Wouldn't it be nice to do something that was just fun and absolutely nonstop?" Like, I love writing action, and this thing is that. It's all action.” WritingKindKidsActionUsedFunDarkGrowing UpNiceGrowingRainSci FiFlashDepressingBeing Nice80sDystopianBucksRogerSerialsKids Growing UpBustersBuck RogersFlash Gordon Author:Mark Millar
“What is it about possessing things? Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do? We've all been there- you want something, to possess it. By possessing something you lose it. You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do is change her. The little things she does with her hair, the way she wears her clothes or the way she chews her gum. Pretty soon what you like, what you changed, what you don't like, blends together like a watercolor in the rain.” WayWantLoveNeedsFeelsFirstsLittlesDoeDreamTogetherGirlWinningChangeLosesChangedHairClothesRainYour DreamsLittle ThingsWant SomethingJerkPossessingGumWatercolorsYou Changed Author:Jeff Melvoin
“If our designs are failing due to the constant rain of changing requirements, it is our designs that are at fault. We must somehow find a way to make our designs resilient to such changes and protect them from rotting.” IfsWayLearningFailingDesignProtectRainConstantFaultsSimplicityDuesProgrammingRequirementsResilientComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageRotting Author:Robert Cecil Martin
“The substance of mind is the substance of heaven. A joyful thought is an auspicious star or a felicitous cloud. An angry thought is a thunderstorm or a violent rain. A kind thought is a gentle breeze or a sweet dew. A stern thought is a fierce sun or an autumn frost. Which of these can be eliminated? Just let them pass away as they arise, open and unresisting, and your mind merges with the spacious sky.” MindKindHeavenStarsSunSkySweetRainAngryCloudsViolentAriseSubstanceGentleTaoismAutumnFierceJoyfulBreezeDewPassing AwayFrostThunderstormKind Thoughts Author:Zicheng Hong
“The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.” WorldLifeFireThis WorldTruth IsRain Author:Victoria Aveyard
“I was really inspired by photos of the "Forgotten Man" during the Depression, when men were wearing the last suit that they had at the time, just trying not to starve to death. It's the kind of suit that is worn in the rain and shrinks on the body and becomes a second skin, which is different than someone who willfully dropped out.” MenTryingKindDifferentBodyLastsRainSkinsInspiredForgottenSuitsWornShrinks Author:Autumn de Wilde
“I'm also a big Bob Dylan fan. The songs on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - which is one of his best early albums - they grow out of some of his difficulties with Suze Rotolo, and "Hard Rain," people say it had to do with the Cuban missile crisis - probably not. He denied it. I believe him, but it certainly had to do with the time.” PeopleBelieveHardBigsSongI BelieveGrowsFansRainDifficultyCrisisAlbumsDeniedBobDylanMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Cass Sunstein
“Just walking in the kitchen (and we have three kitchens at Le Bernardin), I exercise quite a lot. I also walk in Central Park for 50 minutes from my house to Le Bernardin every day, rain, shine, snow.” ThreeHouseWalksMinutesWalkingExerciseRainShiningSnowKitchenParksCentral Park Author:Eric Ripert
“Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature makes me feel alive. Georgia in the rain - that makes me feel alive. Compassion makes me feel alive. Hard fought victories for social rights.” WayFeelsDoeArtBookHardFilmSocialCompassionAliveRightsVictoryRainGood BookGeorgiaGood ArtExhibitionsGood FilmsGood Dance Author:Emily Saliers
“At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.” RecordsBrokenRainSnowHeatRain And Snow Author:Frances Beinecke
“Have you ever noticed the perfection of nature? The seasons and how one changes into the next, the falling leaves, composting soil, rains, new seedlings, sunshine, growth, blossoms, etc. Grass grows, deer eats grass, lion eats deer, deer population is stabilized so there is grass for other animals; sunrise and sunset, boy and girl, winter and summer.” FallGirlNextGrowsGrowthAnimalBoysSummerRainPerfectionSeasonsWinterPopulationGrassSoilSunsetEtcSunshineLionsSunriseDeerBoy And GirlSunrise And SunsetFalling LeavesSeedlings Author:Bryan Kest
“We also look at farming. Are we making sure that we're getting the latest seeds out to women so they can get a bigger yield off of their farms? A new type of seed that gets out to a man, let's say, that's drought resistant - because, of course, the rains are changing in Africa with climate change - if you don't put it in the hands of a woman, she won't necessarily get it. We look at breaking down all those barriers.” IfsMenLooksHandsCoursesTypeRainBiggerClimateClimate ChangeSeedsBarriersYieldFarmsBreaking DownFarmingDrought Author:Melinda Gates
“I cry when I work in the garden, because the Sun, the rain, the wind and the Earth all work together to make us food and flowers. It just blows me away.” EarthTogetherSunCryWindFlowerRainGardenBlowWorking Together Author:Robin Lim
“For a ridiculous analogy, let's take Purple Rain. If you were to put Purple Rain and The Sound of Music on the desk of a producer, he or she would know that the majority of moviegoers would rather listen to Prince. Since they are in the business of making money, no one can blame them. But if it ever came to the decision of making a film like that I'd say, "No." They are very easy films to make, though. In Purple Rain there is nothing complex about the way that they dance. Or sing. It would be a bit boring for an adult to make that film. It just wouldn't test their métier.” IfsKnowsWayWould BeFilmEasyBitsSoundDecisionAdultsRainTestsBlameMajorityComplexesBoringRidiculousProducersMaking MoneyDesksPurpleAnalogiesSound Of MusicPurple Rain Author:Gene Kelly
“There is a certain amount of pornography that exists throughout Purple Rain, but the appeal is obvious. You can really pick that picture apart and see where "A" fits into "B" and so on. It was very wisely done.” DoneCertainAmountFitPicksRainObviousAppealsPornographyPurpleVery WisePurple Rain Author:Gene Kelly
“Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that." My best example is Singin' in the Rain. Arthur Freed had insisted that the song should be in the picture, but he was very anxious about it.” ShouldWritingLittlesSometimesStoriesSongCoursesExampleRainAnxiousArthurSingin In The Rain Author:Gene Kelly
“I wasn't a Prince fan until I watched Purple Rain. When I watched that, it was one of my favorite movies of all time because it shows the life of an artist.” ShowsArtistFansRainMy FavoriteAll TimePurplePurple Rain Author:Tyga
“There are a lot of truths in this world. When it rains it pours. It's always darkest before the dawn. He who smelt it dealt it.” WorldThis WorldRainDawnWhen It Rains It Pours Author:Rob Thurman
“Of course the Disney movies, you know all the soundtracks, and anything Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire were doing - Singing in the Rain was one of my favorite musicals I used to watch a lot because my mom came from a theatre background.” KnowsUsedCoursesWatchesMomSingingRainMy FavoriteMy MomTheatreBackgroundsGenesSoundtracksSinging In The Rain Author:Jillian Hervey
“I remember Prince gave me a cassette of Purple Rain. It was like 20 minutes long and he asked me to write something on it. I tried for a month and then he came to L.A. I went to see him and said, "I can't do it. It's too perfect. It's like 'Stairway to Heaven.'" He said OK and then I go, "I can keep the cassette, right?" He said, "Of course and thank you for trying."” WritingTryingLongSaidI CanRememberCoursesHeavenPerfectMinutesMonthsRainPurpleCassettesStairwaysStairway To HeavenPurple Rain Author:Stevie Nicks
“We did the opening tailgate party - I'm not a big football person - and it started to rain. I was a little sick and went back to the hotel where we were all staying. We didn't know whether Prince was going to go on or not because the rain got so bad. He had already prerecorded it just in case he couldn't go on. So I'm sitting there wrapped in blankets, with a hot water bottle and hot tea, and he goes on and it's the most magical thing I have ever seen.” KnowsLittlesPersonsBigsWaterPartyCasesFootballGoes OnSittingRainSickHotOpeningTeaHotelStayingBottlesBlanketHot WaterWater BottlesTailgatesHot Tea Author:Stevie Nicks
“The second show [Judas Priest] there was a point where I stood back. We had a 40-foot ramp that went out into the crowd. Rob came out on the bike. It was raining. He drove the bike to the end of the ramp. I'm standing there looking at him. Rain coming down. Lights flashing. Blue smoke everywhere from the bike. He's on the bike with his metal horns in the air, and there were 30,000 people in front of him screaming. I remember thinking, "This is real."” PeopleThinkingRealEndsShowsLightRememberAirFeetFrontsRainStandingBlueCrowdsSmokePriestsMetalsBikeHornsStanding ThereJudasRampJudas Priest Author:Richie Faulkner
“I used to imagine it. I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip. And now that I have that? I can't even describe that feeling. That's why I like the best - the best cars, the best food, the best watches.” I CanFeelingsUsedWatchesImagineCarRainDrivingGymVegasFerrariDublinBest Food Author:Conor McGregor
“Saul Bellow has that character in Henderson the Rain King say: "I want, I want, I want!"9 I remember reading this passage years ago and thinking, yes, that's the human.” ThinkingWantYearsHumansCharacterRememberReadingKingsRainYears AgoPassages Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“New formalism is writing with language as flow, like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades.” WritingRunningLanguageRainFlowDecadesDesertDams Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Look, getting bullied in school and coming home crying in the rain and my mom making me a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup with some oysterettes. It was comfort food; that is what food should be.” ShouldLooksHomeSchoolCryMomComfortRainMy MomComing HomeSoupBulliedTomatoesComfort Food Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer the day, of course, the longer the walk.” CoursesWalksDogSummerRainShiningWinterSaintMy DogSaint PaulRain Or Shine Author:William Gurstelle
“I always loved celluloid cameras in the early days that were sturdy and reliable. Even under tropical conditions and downpour of rain, it would still work.” StillsConditionsRainCamerasTropicalSturdyCelluloid Author:Werner Herzog
“We would also go to musicals. So Singing In the Rain, On the Town, and West Side Story. Especially West Side Story because played that a lot before VCRs, so that would be something that would be a big deal if it came on, you caught it. So that really started, my family was not in show business at all but really loved that kind of thing.” IfsKindStoriesShowsBigsWould BeSidesDealsSingingRainMy FamilyTownsWestCaughtShow BusinessBig DealWest SideVcrWest Side StorySinging In The Rain Author:Marisa Tomei
“Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.” IfsFeelsEnoughThreeHoursChanceSeaRainRiversWake UpForgivingDearFishesBoatThanksLakesFishingGood LifeThanksgivingThank YouDear God Author:Garrison Keillor
“Each step is not too improbable for us to countenance, but when you add them up cumulatively over millions of years, you get these monsters of improbability, like the human brain and the rain forest. It should warn us against ever again assuming that because something is complicated, God must have done it.” ShouldYearsHumansDoneBrainStepsMillionsRainAddAssumingComplicatedMonstersForestsHuman BrainCountenanceImprobableImprobability Author:Richard Dawkins
“Most of the Pyramids were observatories in perfect alignment. Some Pyramids were aligned so that the sun would hit them at a certain time of the year. And yet, it could rain all year, and not a drop of rain could get inside. No one covered the hole. So that took some high intelligence to line a thing up so that the exact time of year when the sun was in the exact position, it would light up the inside of that crypt.” YearsLightCertainLinesPerfectSunPositionRainHolesCoveredPyramidsAlignmentLight Up Author:John Henrik Clarke
“I went for a walk in the rain. Recently, whenever it rains, I feel like I want to go for a walk.” WantFeelsWalksRain Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I never seem to find what I'm looking for, though. I suppose I feel, these days, too aware of schedules and things, to let myself get lost in the rain. Anyway, I came back home, and it was still raining, and as I was approaching the driveway of the house, and the front garden with its bushy flower bed, I caught a cooking smell from somewhere on the air. I don't know why, exactly, but it appealed to me as a Nagai Kafu moment.” KnowsFeelsStillsMomentsHomeSeemsHouseLostAirFrontsFlowerBedRainGardenCookingCaughtSmellThese DaysSchedulesBack HomeDriveway Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I would never go to a place and live there because the weather was good or the scenery was beautiful or the architecture was wonderful. I would only go because the people are kind, and in America, everybody's your friend and happiness rains down from the sky.” PeopleKindAmericaBeautifulWonderfulSkyRainArchitectureWeatherScenery Author:Quentin Crisp
“Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain.' He was my teacher when I was 17 years old, when he was 37 years old. He taught me everything.” YearsTeacherTaughtLuckyRainDancerGenesSingin In The Rain Author:Debbie Reynolds
“Donald O'Connor was in the film [ 'Singin' in the Rain' ] as well, and he was only 27 years old. So we were closer in age, and had more fun together on the set. Gene was more my teacher and mentor.” YearsWellsAgeTogetherFilmFunTeacherRainGenesMentorSingin In The Rain Author:Debbie Reynolds
“For 'Singin' in the Rain,' I bought most of the costumes - the 'Fit as a Fiddle' costumes and the 'Make Them Laugh' Donald O'Connor outfits and the 'Good Morning, Good Morning' clothes we danced in.” MorningLaughingFitClothesRainCostumesOutfitsFiddleSingin In The Rain Author:Debbie Reynolds
“Take back your picture in a frame. Take back your singing in the rain. I just hope you understand sometimes the clothes do not make the man.” MenSometimesHe ManClothesSingingRainSinging In The Rain Author:George Michael
“On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.” PeopleDreamNationsLeaderTrumpKingsProtectRainWeekendDrsSaturdayLutherIcyInaugurationDr Martin Luther King Author:Al Sharpton
“Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.” WatchesColdRainLife ChangingSunshine Author:Mary Schmich
“What's nice about the rain is you don't feel you have to live up to anything. Everything around you is so grey and wet and damp and dreary that you don't feel you have to smile and percolate as you do on a sunny spring day.” FeelsNiceSpringRainWetGreySunnyDrearyDampSpring Day Author:Mary Tyler Moore
“What we're doing pop culturally is like burning the rain forest. The biodiversity of pop culture is really, really in danger.” CultureDangerRainPopsForestsBurningPop CultureBiodiversity Author:William Gibson
“It started to rain as soon as Donald Trump stood to take the oath of office - and it rained as he was speaking and as soon as he finished and sat down it quit raining. And I thought the liberal media will say it rained on his parade. And I thought, no, what does the Bible say about rain? It's a sign of blessing.” DoeMediaTrumpBlessingOfficeRainFinishedQuittingSatOathParadesLiberal MediaOath Of Office Author:Franklin Graham
“We were scripted, (although) I chose my own passage of scripture but I thought, I'm just going to add my own little thought about rain. And I said Mr. President [Donald Trump], in the Bible, rain is a sign of blessing, and it's my prayer God will bless you, your family, your administration and that God will bless the United States of America. And then I read my scripture but I wanted him to know that God always used rain as a sign of blessing.” KnowsLittlesSaidStatesWantedAmericaUsedPresidentMy OwnPrayerUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBlessingRainAddScriptureGods WillAdministrationOur FamilyBlessPassagesUnited States Of America Author:Franklin Graham