Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.
Richard Rorty

The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial.
Richard Rorty

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.
Richard Rorty

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.
Richard Rorty

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.
Richard Rorty

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.
Richard Rorty