Geek Quotes - Page 13

• Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

  Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  Tape, Wagons, Underestimate

  "Computer Networks". Book by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 1981.

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• FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

  Frank Herbert

  Fear, Fantasy Novels, Scary

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.203, Penguin

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• I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.

  Craig McCracken

  Character, Toys, Collectors

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• Luckily, growing up "unfinished" can make geeks the very best people to guide and nurture the next generation of outsiders: We know you don't have to be finished to be awesome.

  Stephen H. Segal

  Growing Up, People, Generations

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• Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature.

  Chris Hardwick

  Understanding, Nerd, Details

  Chris Hardwick (2011). “The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)”, p.15, Penguin

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• Never apologize for being nerdy, because un-nerdy people never apologize for being assholes.

  John Barrowman

  People, Apologizing, Nerdy

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• If you are a marketing professional who wants to reach your buyers directly, many experts will say that the media is the only way to tell your story, and that press releases only to reach journalists - not your buyers directly. They'll say that bloggers are geeks in pajamas who don't matter. They are wrong.

  David Meerman Scott

  Media, Marketing, Experts

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• I still am a geek, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something.

  David Tennant

  Thinking, Enthusiasm, Obsession

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• I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

  Richard Armitage

  Reader, Describe Myself

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• That is not what Geek means to me. We are more than the hobbies that we do or the things that we like. To me, Geek means an outsider, a rebel, a dreamer, a creator, a fighter. It's a person who dares to love something that isn't conventional.

  Felicia Day

  Mean, Dreamer, Rebel

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• I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.

  Felicia Day

  Thinking, Passionate, Definitions

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a geek dad, believe me. I've got my iPad with me; I've got my iPhone 4; I've got my Xbox. I love technology and I want to feel like I'm living in the future, and these devices help me feel that way.

  Dee Bradley Baker

  Xbox, Dad, Believe

  "Voice of Geek: an interview with Dee Bradley Baker". Interview with John Booth, www.wired.com. August 27, 2010.

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• I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Long, Childhood, Remember

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• Maybe it didn’t matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn’t matter if you friend was possibly dying. Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for.

  Ann Brashares

  Dying, World, Matter

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.200, Delacorte Press

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• I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.

  LeVar Burton

  Flags

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I can't live without my smartphone, but I really geek on coding. It's not so much technology that I like, but puzzle solving.

  Sylvia Day

  Technology, Smartphones, I Can

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• Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

  Anthony Daniels

  Grease, Books And Movies, Philosopher

  "Fictional character: C-3PO". "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope", www.imdb.com. 1977.

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• I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways.

  Erin Gray

  Thinking, Media, Roots

  "Conventions: Another day at the office for celebs" by Suzanne Kelly, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2010.

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• I don't know anyone who was never a geek, really, when they look at their own lives. I think that from the outside looking in, you think that you weren't necessarily a tragic geek, but yes, you did lean in that direction.

  Jennifer Garner

  Thinking, Looks, Tragic

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• I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between.

  Johnny Galecki

  Sports, Growing Up, Night

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• I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.

  David Benioff

  Growing Up, Games, Dungeons

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• Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit down and read a good book than go out and party.

  Jacqueline Emerson

  Party, Book, Nerd

  "My Journey Through The Games" by Jacqueline Emerson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 23, 2012.

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• How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they'd never get elected, their clothes were never chic.

  Don McLean

  Kings, Land, Clothes

  Song: Fashion Victim, Album: Starry Starry Night

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• I'm a pretty feminized geek, you know? I have that point of view, I grew up around a lot of girls, so I'm pretty sensitive to that. But I don't dare say 'I know how women think.

  Paul Feig

  Girl, Thinking, Views

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• A lot of geeks are pale, bespectacled, wear dark clothing and don't get out much - the stereotype exists because it is very often true. I could pass for a non-geek but it would be inaccurate.

  China Mieville

  Dark, Would Be, Stereotype

  "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2004.

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