Emma > Emma's Quotes

“I hear the word "tolerance" -- that some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be "tolerated." One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated.”
― Chely Wright, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer

“Good design is as little as possible. Less, but better, because it concentrates on the essential aspects, 
and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.”
― Dieter Rams, Less but Better / Weniger, aber besser

“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.”
― E.O. Wilson

“To explore and affiliate with life is a deep and complicated process in mental development. To an extent still undervalued in philosophy and religion, our existence depends on this propensity, our spirit is woven from it hope rises on its currents.”
― Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia