Nerd Quotes

• Hank, when people call people nerds mostly what they're saying is,'You like stuff'.

  John Green

  People, Stuff, Nerdfighter

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• Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.

  John Green

  Stupid, Real, Believe

  "John Green asks himself "Why is being a nerd bad?" in July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults". www.youtube.com. July 27, 2007.

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• I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

  Mindy Kaling

  Book, School, Expectations

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• …because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.

  John Green

  People, Miracle, Stuff

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• When people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is, 'you like stuff.' Which is not a good insult at all, like, 'you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human conscience.

  John Green

  People, Miracle, Stuff

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• I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles.

  Bjork

  Play, Mind, Records

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• Mostly, nothing's really changed. I'm still the dorky nerd that I always was.

  Beverley Mitchell

  Changed, Stills, Dorky

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• I wish I could walk into a room and feel superior and have my nose up at everybody, but I can't, because I know I'm just a huge nerd, and that wouldn't work for me.

  Chris Colfer

  Wish, Rooms, Noses

  Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. July 06, 2010.

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• Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

  Bill Gates

  Funny, Success, Hilarious

  "Are We All Nerds Now?" by Matthew Kitchen, www.esquire.com. May 25, 2013.

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• The nerds are the ones that make the films and do loads of other really cool stuff in their life.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Stuff, Film, Really Cool

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• I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I was a total nerd, trying to fit in. Luckily, I found music and that was my niche. That sorta took me out of my geekdom. I was never invited to parties as a teenager - I turned up with the popular people. That's where the lyrics to 'Guilty By Association' came from.

  Chester Bennington

  Teenager, Party, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

  Ken Jennings

  Pay, Sometimes

  "THE TV WATCH; O.K., Alex, Smart Nerds For $1 Million" by Alessandra Stanley, www.nytimes.com. July 13, 2004.

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• The nerds are running the world now.

  Joe Piscopo

  Running, Teacher, Teaching

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• Bodybuilding saved my life because I overcame the nerd stage. I got picked on. I was fascinated with power, and then I decided to take that direction because I knew that it would make me feel good about myself

  Lou Ferrigno

  Bodybuilding, Feel Good, Stage

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• Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Offending, People, Geek

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.33, Random House

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• There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers.

  John Steinbeck

  Football, Two, People

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• Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

  Bill Murray

  Dog, Cat, Sacrifice

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• Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

  Richard Armour

  Years, Long, Greed

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• I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.

  Charles Kuralt

  Girlfriend, Boys, Dating

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  Everyone's a nerd inside. I don't care how cool you are.

  Channing Tatum

  Care, Geek, I Don't Care

  "'Another Year of Love and Light': Channing Tatum Cuddles With Wife Jenna Dewan and Daughter Everly as They Celebrate Fifth Wedding Anniversary". www.dailymail.co.uk. July 13, 2014.

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• Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are.

  Channing Tatum

  Care, I Don't Care, Don't Care

  "'Another Year of Love and Light': Channing Tatum Cuddles With Wife Jenna Dewan and Daughter Everly as They Celebrate Fifth Wedding Anniversary". www.dailymail.co.uk. July 13, 2014.

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• There is something sexy about a computer nerd.

  Sandra Bullock

  Sexy, Computer, Internet

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• To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Life, Real, World

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.549, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The definition of the word nerd has changed. It's now any attractive person with a hobby. The loneliness component is no longer included.

  Gary Gulman

  Loneliness, Hobbies, Definitions

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• Be nice to nerds, they'll probably be your boss one day.

  Bill Gates

  Nice, Boss, One Day

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