Storm Quotes

“A storm in a cream bowl.”

“Ride the air
In whirlwind.”

“Let the storm cover all the lands!”

“Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.”

“I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.”

“C'est une tempête dans un verre d'eau.”

“Der Sturm ist Meister; Wind und Welle spielen
Ball mit dem Menschen.”

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.”

“Blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark!
The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.”

“For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and rain-storms and did my duty faithfully.”

“A little gale will soon disperse that cloud
… for every cloud engenders not a storm.”

“As far as I could ken thy chalky cliffs,
When from thy shore the tempest beat us back,
I stood upon the hatches in the storm.”

“The earth is rocking, the skies are riven—
Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion,
Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven.”

“I know there is a God — I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it — if he has a place then I am ready — we see the hand.”

“Merciful Heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
Than the soft myrtle.”

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench'd our steeples.”

“The winds grow high;
Impending tempests charge the sky;
The lightning flies, the thunder roars;
And big waves lash the frightened shores.”

“His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.”

“There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.”

“We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”