Roy Spencer Quotes

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

I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.

The climate informs the character.

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

Our climate is always changing.

In Finland and the U.K. you can't predict the weather.

The earth's climate has been changing since God created it, with or without man. On that, we should all agree.

When you play in New England you have cold weather, hot weather, windy weather, or snow.

Clearly the climate is changing, whether caused by CO2 emissions or some other cause.

Believe it or not, it actually does rain in L.A. from time to time.

Diseases are a threat to us all. And so is climate change.

Our weather patterns are mercurial. What you must remember about Great Britain is we have a uniquely temperate climate not shared by any other country in Europe. We can grow plants from every country in the world. The result is 90% of the plants in our gardens are from other parts of the world.

We don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.

Thus evidence that contradicts the global warming theory, climate Chicken Littles enlist as evidence for the correctness of their theory; every permutation in weather patterns — warm or cold — is said to be a consequence of that warming or proof of it.

The climate has been changing. Of course it [has]. Evidence throughout history, [which] we can assess, especially during human history, shows there have been ups and downs. But the last ten thousand years have been relatively stable compared to now.

An increasing amount of climate research suggests a possibility of global cooling.

Global warming causes volatility. I feel it when I'm flying.

While I think the earth is warming, I don't think that man-made causes are the primary factor.

The forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

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.

The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day. When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, a cloud come over the sunlit arch, And wind comes off a frozen peak, And you're two months back in the middle of March.

I have not seen proven proof that [climate change] is entirely man-made.

It was the coldest winter ever! I thought last winter was the coldest winter ever, but I was wrong now wasn't I? You see because I travel all the time. So last winter, I'd be in the midwest, and the blizzard would hit. And then I'd fly home, and the blizzard would hit again!

The 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.