“Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact.” WritingFactsCultureOppositesThanksGenrePeterStigmaThrillersOther CulturesScandinavia Author:Jo Nesbo
“The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.” LongFactsLastsStarsMessagesFishesThanksSophisticatedBackwardsGalaxyBannerDolphinsWhistlingHitchhikers Guide To The GalaxyHitchhikers GuideHitchhikingMisinterpreted Book:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five
“I'm not fashionable at all, and the fact that I manage to sell pictures without being fashionable is thanks to my gallery.” FactsSellsSellingManageThanksGalleryFashionable Author:Paula Rego
“[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men astoundingly mediocre, and even less than mediocre. That is to say, modern science, the root and symbol of our actual civilization, finds a place for the intellectually commonplace man and allows him to work therein with success.” MenFactsModernCivilizationRootsExtraordinaryThanksSymbolsMediocreCommonplaceModern ScienceExperimental Science Book:the Revolt of the Masses Source: the Revolt of the Masses
“Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential, secular meaning is a celebration of successful production. It is a producers’ holiday. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. Abundance is (or was and ought to be) America’s pride-just as it is the pride of American parents that their children need never know starvation.” KnowsNeedsGivingChildrenFactsAmericaFormParentReligiousResultsSuccessfulPrideOughtEssentialsRewardsProductionsProducersThanksSymbolsMealsAbundanceSpiteHolidayCelebrationConsumptionSecularHarvestStarvation Author:Ayn Rand