Need an original paper?
Buy Essay Now
Research Database of Quotes
It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
Browse Authors
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Mark Pendergrast Quotes
«You could potentially use mirrors to make a huge leap in computer technology, and they've been working on that in places like the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, funded by places like Intel and the big computer makers, ... I think in the next few years, it's going to break.»
Author: Mark Pendergrast
«I would say that all the themes of the book are there from the beginning, including the individual, the social, magic, religion, and also science,»
Author: Mark Pendergrast
«[Nor were painters the only ones who saw the mirror as a symbol.] [Shakespeare's] works are filled with references to mirrors, not only for vanity but for use in self-examination, ... In fact, there's a famous scene in 'Richard II,' when he's losing his kingship, he calls for a mirror, looks into it and asks, 'Why don't I look any different?' Then he smashes it on the stage and says, 'That's my old identity.' »
Author: Mark Pendergrast
«The reason the lights shimmers and changes in iridescence is that tiny holes that are exactly the wavelength of light being reflected, ... right now the size of chips is as small as it can be using lenses. The trouble is, as you go to higher wavelengths, the glass absorbs the light. The solution is to use mirrors, which will reflect most wavelengths until you get up into x-rays.»
Author: Mark Pendergrast
«[Not even other species are immune to the mirror's attraction.] They're now thinking that dolphins, as well as humans and higher apes, can recognize themselves in mirrors, ... One of the ways they figured this out was that dolphins like to have sex in front of mirrors. When they drift out of [eyesight] they stop the action and move back in front of the mirror.»
Author: Mark Pendergrast
«For the last 10 years, it's been gathering in popularity. You don't need to get drunk to have a good time socially. It's a good place to gather. It's a very positive thing that coffee is popular. It's a way to study in a pleasant environment.»
Author: Mark Pendergrast