"There are no clear reasons, and I am not going to make one up, to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon."

Lixion Avila See all quotes by Lixion Avila →

React to this quote

More by Lixion Avila

“Bertha HAS to weaken and begin to become extratropical...famous last words.”

“After considerable and sometimes animated in-house discussion of the demise of Ivan...”

“If some of the dynamical models have their way...Juliette could meet her less-than-Shakespearean demise sooner than indicated in the official forecast.”

“I hope there will be no more surprises.”

“The bell just rang in the Tropical Atlantic... Hello Dolly...”

“I heard that before about Epsilon... haven't you?”

Resonant Thoughts

"Princes may make laws and repeal them, but they can neither make nor destroy virtue, and how indeed should they be able to do what is impossible to the Deity himself? Virtue being as immutable in its …"

— Ethan Allen

Military1738–1789

#philosophy

"Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It's made up of all those who've consc…"

— Wisława Szymborska

Literature1923–2012

#education

"Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal."

— Edward Sapir

Education1884–1939

#philosophy

"Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all p…"

— Isaac Asimov

Science1920–1992

#death