“We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment from a contrast and very little from a state of things.”
Sigmund Freud
“TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source --the first words of the ancient Latin hymn _Te Deum Laudamus_. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.”
Ambrose Bierce
“An equal measure of his environmental ethic derived from living in such a beautiful region of the state. He was Michigan all the way. He is Michigan all the way.”
Dave Dempsey
“No other state in the nation stands to derive as much of an economic stimulus from the opening of the Asian beef market as Nebraska. However, economic gains are going to be slow going as food-processing firms attempt to re-establish a beef presence in these foreign markets.”
Ernie Goss
“All member states are bound by their relevant international legal obligations, in particular those deriving from the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and the Convention against Torture. I encourage member states and candidate countries to take the necessary steps to look into this matter where appropriate.”
Franco Frattini
“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”
Blaise Pascal
