Temple Grandin Quotes About Geeks

Quotes about: Geeks

• Steve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very smart. When does geeks and nerds become autism? That's a gray area. Half the people in Silicon Valley probably have autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Jobs, Smart, Autism

• When you're a weird geek, the way to sell yourself is to show your skills.

  Temple Grandin

  Skills, Way, Geek

• There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Yaks, Geek

• I was nonverbal until I was four years old. Back in the 50s, I was the kind of kid they used to just put away in an institution. But then you get the milder autism where there's no speech delay, but they're socially awkward. Those kids were around when I was a child. They were just called geeks and nerds.

  Temple Grandin

  Children, Kids, Years

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

• I'm pure geek, pure logic.

  Temple Grandin

  Logic, Geek, Pure

  Source: www.wbur.org

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