"And it's a lot like the United Nations flag with land shown in white against this field of blue." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Flag Days: Good Luck, True South, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #FlagDaysGoodLuckTrueSouth #UnitedNationsDay #KurtKohlstedt

"It's an Olympic poem." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, The Art of the Olympics, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #BadPoetryDay #KurtKohlstedt

"I went to architecture school!" - KURT KOHLSTEDT, The Art of the Olympics, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #WorldArchitectureDay #KurtKohlstedt

"He started out by telling train stories to his son Christopher, who was ill and bedbound, and then those started to become the basis for books." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Train Set: Track Three, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalSonandDaughterDay #KurtKohlstedt

"A couple of years ago, we took a trip to Hawaii, and my wife became obsessed over a few blue stop signs we saw in the parking lots." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Ubiquitous Icons: Highways 101, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #UbiquitousIconsHighways101 #NationalHawaiiDay #KurtKohlstedt

"So basically, last year the Ford Motor Company made big news in Detroit, and they said they were going to buy and renovate Michigan Central Station." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Mini Stories: Volume 6, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #MiniStoriesVolume6 #NationalMichiganDay #KurtKohlstedt

"I mean the last thing on your mind, when you look at a mini-golf course, is the worst economic crash in modern history." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, War, Famine, Pestilence, and Design, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #WarFaminePestilenceandDesign #MiniatureGolfDay #KurtKohlstedt

"And they proved popular with right-handed people, but especially left-handed people too!" - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Mini-Stories: Volume 10, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #MiniStoriesVolume10 #InternationalLefthandersDay #KurtKohlstedt

"Yeah, happy Flag Day to you too, Roman!" - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Flag Days: Good Luck, True South, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #FlagDaysGoodLuckTrueSouth #FlagDay #KurtKohlstedt

"So, at any given time, there are tons of different flags circling the South Pole, in part because of Antarctica's unique political history." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, Flag Days: Good Luck, True South, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #FlagDaysGoodLuckTrueSouth #FlagDay #KurtKohlstedt