I did not check exactly how he phrased it but it was Richard Rorty who said something like that. He said “The world doesn’t speak… human beings do.” So true… The deer doesn’t say “I am pretty,” the rose doesn’t say “I smell good,” “the lion doesn’t say “I am powerful,” the weather doesn’t say “I am cold,” the sky doesn’t say “I am blue.” We make it all up… We speak… The world doesn’t say there is a God, or Hell or Heaven…. WE DO.