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Geography Quotes

Where love and land intersect.

One line argues geography should not limit love or community ties, while another laments how little Americans study world history and place. See Country quotes for more.

I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

Americans don't learn about the world; they don't study world history, other than American history in a very one-sided fashion, and they don't study geography.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.

Quotes by Yves Tanguy

Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

Quotes by Truman Capote

Being Quotes

I like geography. I like to know where places are.

Quotes by Tom Felton

Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language.

Quotes by Thomas Friedman

When I was 26 or 27, I took a year off before I was going to get my Ph.D. in geography and started traveling. And within a month, I said, 'I don't want to be academic. I want to write...

Quotes by Sunil Yapa

For all it is a smaller country in terms of geography, Holland is the most closely aligned market to the U.K. in terms of trend. It is a big nation of card-makers and paper crafters, and Germany's market is at...

Quotes by Sara Davies

For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.

Quotes by Sam Abell

Climate Quotes

I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

Quotes by Randy Newman

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

Quotes by Peter Garrett

The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.

Neil Gaiman

If there's a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a very large geography in the world, that choice does not exist.

Quotes by Muhtar Kent

East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados; and western states commonly face damaging droughts. Extreme weather does not discriminate by American geography.

Quotes by Matt Cartwright

Country Quotes

As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.

Quotes by Mark Kurlansky

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.

Quotes by Ludwig von Mises

If geography is prose, maps are iconography.

Quotes by Lennart Meri

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.

Quotes by Lee Child

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

Quotes by Lance Loud

Everything Quotes

I like a certain grandeur to a landscape, which both the Arctic and coastal BC have. I like it to be at all times clear that people aren't the dominant fact of a particular geography.

Quotes by Kevin Patterson

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes run through these geography quotes?
They mix criticism of weak world-history education, the idea that love has no boundaries, and simple regional pride in land size.
Is there a quote about love transcending place?
Yes, one states that love, lacking any geography of its own, recognizes no real boundaries.
Do any quotes criticize how geography is taught?
One argues Americans generally do not study world history or geography in a balanced way, focusing mostly on their own country's story.
Is there a quote about a specific U.S. state?
Yes, one mentions Ohio spanning roughly forty-five thousand square miles, using it as a simple fact of scale.
Where can I read related quotes on place and identity?
Check Being quotes for more reflections on belonging and identity.

There is also a nod to Ohio's sheer square mileage, a reminder that geography can be personal and civic at once. Explore Climate quotes as well.