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Map Quotes

Sayings on the places we chart, and the moments that put us there.

These quotes use map in two ways: literally, as an unfinished chart of a country's geography, and figuratively, as the recognition that comes from a single breakthrough. See our History quotes for related reflections.

But unlike European countries, America has never finished a map of the United States, only the eastern United States is covered and a few spots here and there.

Quotes by William Labov

Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World.

Quotes by William Irwin Thompson

American 'Vogue' and the Versace campaign by Richard Avedon were huge for me. It put me on the map.

Quotes by Trish Goff

You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook.

Quotes by Suzanne Fields

Country Quotes

I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.

Steven Wright

Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.

Quotes by Steve Cropper

I grew up on Geto Boys and of course UGK, who put my hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, on the map. I was about Goodie Mob and OutKast too.

Quotes by Stephen Jackson

Iran is the only country in the world that's threatening to erase another country from the map as part of a collective genocide.

Quotes by Sigmar Gabriel

When we agreed to the changes in the emissions standards and the objectives for 2025 with President Obama, there was a very clear road map that was put in place that required a midterm review, which should have been completed...

Quotes by Sergio Marchionne

First Quotes

We're using satellites to help map and model cultural features that could never be seen on the ground because they're obscured by modernization, forests, or soil.

Quotes by Sarah Parcak

Archaeologists have used aerial photographs to map archaeological sites since the 1920s, while the use of infrared photography started in the 1960s, and satellite imagery was first used in the 1970s.

Quotes by Sarah Parcak

The fact that a wrestling program called 'Raw' could be the longest running television show in the history of television, bar nobody - nobody can now say we're not on the map.

Quotes by Roddy Piper

Maybe I'm a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map.

Quotes by Richard Ford

'Harat' is actually - it's a Lebanese dialect word. It comes from 'the mapmaker,' somebody who makes a map. And it basically means somebody who tells fibs or exaggerate tales a little bit.

Quotes by Rabih Alameddine

Help Quotes

I prefer playing in songs where I have a tempo, groove and harmonic map to hang on to.

Quotes by Paul Gilbert

I have put gay dating on the map.

Quotes by Patti Stanger

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

Pablo Picasso

The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel.

Quotes by Nicholas Meyer

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

Quotes by Muhammad Ali

History Quotes

The Iranian regime gives financial support to terrorist organizations all over the world, denies the Holocaust, and calls for the wiping the state of Israel from the map, while developing long-range missiles and trying to obtain nuclear weapon.

Quotes by Moshe Katsav

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'map' mean across these quotes?
It covers both literal cartography, an incomplete map of a country's geography, and the figurative sense of being newly recognized, as in put on the map.
What does the quote about America's unfinished map mean?
It points out that, unlike some other countries, a full and detailed map of the entire country was never completed, with only the eastern regions well documented.
What does 'put me on the map' mean in these quotes?
It's a common expression for a breakthrough moment that brought someone real recognition, whether through a major campaign, a novel, or another defining piece of work.
Do these quotes talk about ideology as a kind of map?
Yes, one uses the idea more abstractly, suggesting that no single ideology can fully capture the complexity of how life actually unfolds in the real world.
Where can I read more quotes about early milestones and firsts?
Check our First quotes page for more on the moments that first brought someone recognition.

For more, browse our First quotes on early milestones, or our Country quotes on national identity.