John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913) British banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath
The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
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“There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
Quoted by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, The Use of Life, chapter IV: "Recreation" (1894).
Billy Connolly (1942) British comedian
Billy Connolly http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/biography/story/0,6000,556340,00.html <br class="br">Book Sources
“He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.”
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) Prime Minister of India
In, P.150.
Gulzarilal Nanda: A Life in the Service of the People
“I cannot command winds and weather.”
Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) Royal Navy Admiral
As quoted in Letters and Despatches of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. (1886) edited by John Knox Laughton, p. 99
1800s
“He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.”
O. Henry (1862–1910) American short story writer
Source: Selected Stories
“Venus was a machine for making bad weather.”
Alastair Reynolds book On the Steel Breeze
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 12 (p. 135)
