“I had a terrible motorcycle accident (in the 1970s), in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years.” YearsWellsI CanTwoMatterFactsHappensRememberFilmNamesKnownTerribleAccidentsBridgesTwo YearsWell KnownSan FranciscoMotorcycleMatter Of Fact Author:William Lucking
“The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.” WellsFactsFormProcessWaterViewsKnownInvolvedPropertySubstanceChemicalsCompositionFormalWell Known Author:Wilhelm Ostwald
“I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.” IfsThinkingWellsFactsDifficultKnownGayKissingSexualityScreensHomosexualityWell KnownConvincingFrogsKiss Me Author:Stephen Fry
“It is a well- known fact that although the public is fine when taken individually, when it forms itself into large groups, it tends to act as though it has one partially consumed Pez tablet for a brain.” WellsFactsFormBrainKnownTakenGroupsFineWell KnownConsumedTabletsLarge GroupsPez Author:Dave Barry
“The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front.” WellsSaidFactsReligionKnownAtheismFrontsAtheistWell KnownSermonsFoxholesChaplains Book:Hocus Pocus Source: Hocus Pocus
“But mad people never die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.” PeopleWellsFactsDiesKnownTroubleMadWell Known Book:Phineas Redux Source: Phineas Redux
“I do not know whether to be delighted or outraged by the fact that Literary Theory: An Introduction was the subject of a study by a well known U.S. business school, which was intrigued to discover how an academic text could become a best-seller.” KnowsWellsFactsSchoolKnownStudySubjectsTheoryAcademicWell KnownIntroductionDelightedIntriguedSellersOutragedBest SellersBusiness SchoolLiterary Theory Book:Literary Theory: An Introduction Source: Literary Theory: An Introduction
“[It is a] well-known fact that the likely contacts of two individuals who are closely acquainted tend to be more overlapping than those of two arbitrarily selected individuals.” WellsTwoFactsIndividualKnownContactWell KnownSelectedOverlapping Author:Anatol Rapoport
“There are enough forces in the world that are afraid of our strength, “our hugeness,” as one of our sovereigns said. So, they seek to divide us into parts, this is a well-known fact. Look at what they did with Yugoslavia: they cut it into small pieces and are now manipulating everything that can be manipulated there, which is almost anything. Apparently, someone would like to do the same with us...” WorldWellsLooksSaidEnoughFactsForceKnownPiecesCuttingDividesWell KnownSmall PiecesYugoslavia Author:Vladimir Putin