4 Robert M. Pirsig Quotes on Language

Robert M. Pirsig quotes on language

27. Now, to take that which has caused us to create the world, and include it within the world we have created, is clearly impossible. That is why Quality cannot be defined. If we do define it we are defining something less than Quality itself.

44. Many of the older Sophists were selected as 'ambassadors' of their cities, certainly no office of disrespect. The name Sophist was even applied without disparagement to Socrates and Plato themselves.

78. There is a Swedish word, kulturbarer, which can be translated as 'culture-bearer' but still doesn't mean much. It's not a concept that has much American use, although it should have.

90. Good is a noun rather than an adjective.