I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird.

Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.

If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.

I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally.

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

There’s just something hypnotic about maps.

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map.

It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself.

You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all these very prosaic places in America.

The thing you like/are good at is a sacred thing.

We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago.

There's no such thing as an independent person.

Just the idea to have everything you need essentially stored in one piece of portable technology is very exciting.

Education is education, be it verbal or written.

Being a Scotsman, I am naturally opposed to water in its undiluted state.

Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults.

Not everyone can afford to eat well in America, which is a literal shame, but most of us can: Americans spend less than 10 percent of their income on food, less than the citizens of any other nation.

It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.

I don't see the point in being bitter.

Don't die with your music (stories/talents) still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul.

Though men can cover crimes with bold, stern looks, poor women's faces are their own faults' books.