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

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.

I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users.

Taking care of yourself will take care of more than yourself.

With kindness you always win.

It hurts deeper is when somebody you love becomes someone you loved.

I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you.

The very point that you are not likened by somebody in proof of your authenticity and uniqueness.

I never met Putin. This is not my best friend. But if the United States got along with Russia, wouldn't be so bad.

...frequent streets and short blocks are valuable because of the fabric of intricate cross-use that they permit among the users of a city neighbouhood.

Being productive and being busy are not necessarily the same thing. Doing things won’t create your success; doing the right things will.

Every unit that is not supported is a defeated unit.

Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.