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“So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns”

Want Towns Maps Gaps Savages Elephants Geographers

Author:Jonathan Swift

“Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)”

Ifs Knows Way Giving Persons Moments Poet Fool Ordinary Shame Do You Know Incapable Great Poet Blushing Geographers

Book:Mysteries

Source: Mysteries

“Geography prepares for the world of work - geographers, with their skills of analysis are highly employable!”

World Skills Analysis Geography Geographers

Author:Michael Palin

“As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs.”

Knows World Lying Effects Notes Edges Crowds Desert Beast Maps Margins Sandy Wild Beasts Bogs Geographers

Author:Plutarch

“AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.”

Has Beens Country Humor Funny Lying Sea Development South Islands Australia Continents Unfortunate Disputes Retarded Geographers

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“Place is security, space is freedom.”

Freedom Space Security Geography Geographers

Author:Yi-Fu Tuan

“GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.”

World Differences Chaps Geographers

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“"What place would you advise me to visit now?" he asked. "The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."”

Earth Nature Planets Travel Reputation Advise Planet Earth Good Reputation Geographers

Book:The Little Prince:

Source: The Little Prince:

“Consciousness of a fact is not knowing it: if it were, the fish would know more of the sea than the geographers and the naturalists.”

Ifs Knows Facts Consciousness Knowing Sea Rivers Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Not Knowing Naturalist Geographers

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.”

Thinking World Theory Ten Errors Flats Sailor World Is Flat Geographers

Book:Voltaire's Bastards

Source: Voltaire's Bastards