“I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
“How do you find America?”
“Turn left at Greenland.”
— Ringo Star
“All I ever wanted was a world without maps.”
—Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
“Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles.”
— Roseanne Barr
“Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.”
— Muhammad Ali
“I get to go to overseas places, like Canada.”
— Britney Spears
“It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.”
— Dan Quayle
“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
— Mark Twain
“Maps codify the miracle of existence.”
—Nicholas Crane
“Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.”
— Eric Bentley
“We’re all pilgrims on the same journey – but some pilgrims have better road maps.”
—Nelson DeMille
“Knowing where things are, and why, is essential to rational decision making.”
— Jack Dangermond
What do you call a map of outhouses in the woods? A shaded relief map.