Rainy Quotations

Working is actually a pleasure. It's just very time-consuming. It's a way of life. I find that I can work when I travel and work when I run. There is nothing like, on a rainy day, to work.

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

My mother always kept library books in the house, and one rainy Sunday afternoon - this was before television, and we didn't even have a radio - I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered I was reading and enjoying what I read.

I used to like Barbra Streisand films. It was 'Funny Girl' that really turned me on, in a sense, to acting. I remember it specifically being a rainy Saturday afternoon. I couldn't play football, so I stayed in, and I watched 'Funny Girl.'

People in the film industry always want to save for a rainy day. Many early actors died in small houses with no money, and so they are insecure. My advantage is I don't value money that much. It's an easy thing for me to let go.

There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are displayed like holy relics, and this can certainly be a great pleasure on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.

I had a very active inner life as a kid. There's a good album or two worth of stuff that I can bring out on a rainy day if I have a loss for inspiration or whatever - even now.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

When you've got such a large honey pot, it's unlikely that some of these funds aren't going to be put away for a rainy day. I wouldn't bet the rent money that there aren't going to be any offshore bank accounts.

What this initiative does, it allows government to grow steadily every year and creates a stronger rainy day fund that's harder to get into.

I love cold, rainy weather.

Whenever we see clouds at all, whenever we see any rain, there tends to be a decrease in the use. People feel better about life, I guess, when it's rainy or cloudy, in terms of the life of their plants.

Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?

We're glad that the comptroller is supporting many of the budget reform initiatives the governor has advocated for years, such as greater openness and transparency, a balanced enacted budget, higher rainy day reserves, binding revenue forecasts, and moving the start of the fiscal year.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

If we have a week of temperatures in the 50s when it's rainy and overcast that turns right around and it's 75 and sunny for a week - that's a situation when the potential can be pretty great.

For years, the Blue Dogs have stressed the need for a rainy day fund in the event of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, ... Unfortunately, this concept, which is adopted by most families and businesses, has eluded many members of Congress and the current administration.

He taught me where the shady side of the court is at the Outrigger, and the rainy side of the island,

We can give warnings of high risk of an epidemic to the health agency and officials in the country ahead of the rainy season. This is something they have not had before.

The rainy Pleiads wester, / Orion plunges prone, / The stroke of midnight ceases, / And I lie down alone.

The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation.

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

I think that's absolutely great, a rainy night and everything -- that this many people came out for this meeting. I am going to applaud that myself.

It is clear that the workmanship in some of these roads is very poor. They have to be maintained every time after the rainy season, which indeed is such a costly exercise to government and it is totally unsustainable.

I think it was a real blessing for all of us. It's not always going to be sunshine. Even in a rainy situation, you can still prevail. Sometimes, you just have to see what modifications you can make.

It is as if GM and Ford both walked outside on a rainy day, Ford somehow came back with a suntan, while GM walked back inside soaked.

It is as if GM and Ford both walked outside on a rainy day -- Ford somehow came back with a suntan, while GM walked back inside soaked.

Jeff Bridges is one of those icons that I put on a very high pedestal, so just to get to chill with him off-camera on cold, rainy days was surreal.

Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst

That area has been very saturated and will have to be shored up after the rainy season. If you live in the area just be careful and anticipate the worst and hope for the best.

Many families are still not in permanent housing and now it's rainy season,

Midweek is always quiet, and in the pouring rain there wasn't too many people out. On any rainy day there's going to be fewer people doing any outdoor activity.

When it's many days gloomy and rainy like this, we don't get out and do the things that keep us active. And there are hundreds of studies that show how exercise combats depression, especially when you're talking about moderate depression.

Thy summer, O earth, thy rainy season, thy autumn, winter, early spring, and spring; thy decreed yearly seasons, thy days and nights shall yield us milk

We need hot, dry weather. Upper Valley and New Mexico farmers were not hit as bad with the rainy weather as the cotton farmers in the Lower Valley, but we're (also) having trouble getting equipment in the fields.

You lose some production because of the long days, ... If you have a rainy day, you miss 20 percent of your work week.

The debris that we found was mainly trees, vegetation, some small rocks and mostly mud. So we just want to take care of that with all this rainy weather we've gotten lately.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

We're looking at a fairly rainy period for the state of Hawaii, mostly for Kauai and Oahu, beginning sometime tomorrow afternoon, late, and then running through Wednesday and possibly into Thursday moving down into Oahu.

There have been some weather problems in some very important markets around the world. First of all, we can point to the flooding in China. Secondly, we can point to cold and rainy weather in parts of Western Europe.

This should be our kind of rainy time. It shouldn't have started drying out until maybe February.

To carry an umbrella without any headgear places a fellow in a social no man's land-in the category of one hurrying round to the corner shop for a bottle of stout on a rainy day at the behest of a nagging landlady.

There are a number of different issues associated with so many mobile classrooms, but the hardest has been supervision, because there are so many, and they are separated from the building. On rainy days, if the students don't bring a change of clothes, they have to come to the office to call someone to bring (one to them).

We will have a very rainy period and my advice as sheriff is not to drive during that time, ... It is a very dangerous time.

We wanted to get our concrete pour done before the rainy season, we just didn't make it.

We've got a blueprint that basically takes care of all those needs without dipping into the rainy day fund and endangering the state's credit rating.

We tried to do everything we possibly could during this week of preparation to get him distracted on the practice field. I thought he handled things very well. We'll just have to just see if it carries over. I'm hoping the weather will be rainy and keep people away.

This one would be the one to worry about flooding. It's going to be a rainy weekend.

Warm weather, a calm day, maybe a rainy day in springtime, that's when termites swarm and start their new colonies.

We could still be OK if things start to dry up soon. But the length of this rainy season is definitely disrupting some planting.

Encephalitis is a perennial problem during the rainy season, but the situation appears to be quite alarming this time.

Equally, they can provide a good home for savings when putting money away for your next holiday, a new car, wedding or just for a rainy day.

There's renewed confidence - companies are feeling happy, they are feeling pretty good about life. They are saying we don't need this money for a rainy day: we can buy extra growth.

There's no doubt it was the track last time. It was on a big day of racing. It was a shame that it was the only rainy day we've had.

I shall stay no longer than to wish him a rainy day to read this... discourse; and that if he be an honest angler, the east wind may never blow when he goes a-fishing.

I've been doing this for a long time - longer than the governor's been involved in state government. And I don't believe that using some of the rainy day fund will be any negative at all toward our bond rating or our position in financial markets because of our overall economic growth and stability.

The woods business hasn't been very good lately because it has been so rainy this year, ... I decided this was an opportunity to go down and help with the cleanup and get these people in their homes -- and an opportunity for me to make some money.

It was very dry and very hot (this summer). Last year, it was rainy and cold, and who wants to swim in the cold weather?

The strategic petroleum reserve is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day. This is a price problem. We don't want to manipulate energy markets.

The significance of that is that it allows us to bridge the gap between the rainy seasons. It gives us six months' worth of supply, meeting at least up to 25 percent of the region's water demands.

Ray Charles is a giant. He was one of my mentors. He would write arrangements in Braille, and translate it to me. At 14 and 16 we used to sit in Seattle on those rainy days and dream about what would happen.

Real love isn't ordinary. Real love isn't artificial. Real love isn't something you can buy or manufacture, because it's not something you can sell. It doesn't wash away with a rainy day or evaporate when things get too heated. It sustains itself because that's what your heart does, it sustains the rest of you.

Our sense is that people don't have enough put away for a rainy day.

People spend more time planning a two week vacation than they do planning their financial future. I was taught as a child to save for a rainy day. Today, people think it's not going to rain. And it is going to rain.

Or should we create a rainy day fund so that we have extra money available so that we can fill that hole. We should live within our means.

Off the field I thought we had a phenomenal year. With the rainy weather we had early and the struggles we had late, the fans really stuck with us. From season tickets to picnics to renting the Bat Cave to sponsorships, it was a great year.

(During rainy weather) we tend to stay indoors and do household stuff and not socialize. When people get depressed, they tend to isolate themselves. It's a symptom but also a cause.

A rainy day here is better than a sunny day wherever you're coming from,' is what I would say. It's worth it, by far.

As a result of my life on the road and the increasing number of rainy afternoons in cinemas, I began to get the idea that I might write a film.

As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day.

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward

Americans know they need to save for a rainy day, but with the growing need to put away for retirement and unforeseen emergencies, they need a helping hand. Keep the Change is an easy way for consumers to save with everyday purchases. Bank of America is enabling Americans to save for a rainy day one penny at a time.

They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.

They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.

There will be a rather dramatic shift from the typically dry months of March and April, to the rainy season that is underway by June.

It's just a typical year where this is the rainy season.

It was a rainy night and people were spreading to the post office -- it was such a line of people.

It is unusual for the rainy season to extend into daylight savings time. Typically our rainy season coordinates pretty well with Pacific Standard Time.

It's too early to tell. The bigger factor now is the weather. The longer, wetter rainy season makes deciphering what's happening difficult.

It looks like it will be a typical cold, rainy winter day. But we haven't seen one yet this year.

It's good that management is not going into a shell and saying they want to preserve cash for the rainiest of rainy days since it is already rainy.

It's a very rainy day here. We can't see that it's gotten into anything yet.

Considering it was cold and a little rainy there were some nice times. It was a good outing under the conditions.

They'll get a rainy day in the Maritimes for sure, but not the amounts we're seeing in Ontario.

They know what stock options are. They work more and they're concerned about money, but not necessarily putting it away for a rainy day.

It was just an awful day, cold, rainy and windy. And it didn't affect him in the slightest.

It was horrible, no fun at all. It was a really tough day -- it was windy, rainy and cold. I just wanted to finish and have a cup of coffee in the clubhouse.

This is just the beginning of the rainy season, and we expect more flooding in various parts of the country.

Once I got dirty, I didn't mind. I love rainy days because I love getting dirty now.

It's no different than any other rainy day.

Sloping land is somewhat impermeable to water, thus a considerable amount of water is lost by runoff. Crops grown on these sites are less likely to be adversely impacted by saturated soil conditions during prolonged rainy periods, but are prone to a loss of natural fertility due to erosion. Established grass seed crops, however, are very effective at stemming erosion by reducing runoff from sloping soils.

I just came here for a rainy vacation, I guess, ... The U.S. never practices enough, but everything felt good, everything looked good. We just did it a little while ago. But we came out here and did not do as well as we thought.

I just came here for a rainy vacation I guess.

I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.

In light of the fact that we could have another rainy event, we wanted to target the bridge crossings and get rid of the debris that's there so that if we do have more rain, the debris doesn't cause debris dams, have water bypass over the roads and flood residential areas.

If you leave it until the end of the rainy season, it is pretty much too late because the malaria kicks in very soon afterwards. We're talking about pushing the prediction horizon back several months, which really does give a lot more lead time.

In this weather it's hard to tell. It got cold and it was rainy out there. The ball wasn't carrying as well as it was earlier, but every time he steps to the plate now, it has a chance. That's the kind of feeling we have.

In North American automotive, it is as if GM and Ford both walked outside on a rainy day -- Ford somehow came back with a suntan, while GM walked back inside soaked.