Nerd Quotes - Page 3

• All you nerds out there (me included) - don't always rely on stats for the perfect answer.

  Bobby Bragan

  Perfect, Answers, Rely

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• At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.

  Dan Stevens

  Kids, Voice, Broken

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

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• Just because you wear a bow tie doesn't mean you're a nerd.

  Dhani Jones

  Mean, Ties, Bows

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• I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I haven't done the cool movies that they like. With '24,' I gained a lot of respect. '24' is now, it's hip, it's their generation.

  Ricky Schroder

  Kids, Hips, Generations

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• I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad.

  Claire Danes

  Smart, Kids, Quality

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• I'm just a big old nerd.

  Claire Danes

  Bigs

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• I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.

  Louis C. K.

  Growing Up, Awkward, Littles

  "Louis C.K. on Twitter and Tracy Morgan". Interview with Austin L. Ray, www.cnn.com. June 21, 2011.

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• I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

  Brian McKnight

  Athlete, Thinking, Musician

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• I do uphill skiing; I don't do downhill skiing. I think that's for nerd amateurs.

  Judah Friedlander

  Thinking, Skiing

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• What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.

  Kristen Bell

  Mean, Followers, Matter

  "Kristen Bell: Bell Curves (2007 Cover Story & Gallery)". Interview with Tim Leong, amp.www.complex.com. December 2007/January 2008.

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• So I spend a lot of time at the library. That doesn't mean I'm a massive nerd!

  Fabian

  Mean, Library, Massive

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• 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

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• Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd.

  Max Brooks

  Zombie, Fiction, Science Fiction

  "What College Kids Can Learn From 'The Zombie War'". "Talk Of The Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 10, 2012.

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• Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment.

  Zachary Levi

  Passion, People, Comedian

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• I can see why you like it here, there's a thin layer of nerd all over everything.

  Cassandra Clare

  Layers, You Like It, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.

  Jonathan Krohn

  Given

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• A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon - who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves.

  Patton Oswalt

  Winning, Hands, Gone

  "Ratatouille Star Patton Oswalt On Geeks Vs. Nerds" by Steven Leckart, www.wired.com. June 26, 2007.

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• Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Dramatic Life, Battle

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• Every time you read an interview with a supermodel, they're always like, 'Oh, I was a such nerd.' I resent that a little bit. I was in the A/V club. I used to eat my lunch in a closet.

  Moby

  Lunch, Clubs, Littles

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• Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.

  Moby

  Book, Home, Laptops

  "I lost my heart in... New York". Interview with Tim Wapshott, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2005.

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• For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.

  Steve Carell

  Adults, Enough, Avoided

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• I admit that when I think of the money one could make from all this, I get a little twinge. But I'm pretty happy with nerd values: Get yourself a comfortable living, then do a little something to change the world.

  Craig Newmark

  Thinking, World, Littles

  "Mr. Craigslist, Master of the Nerdiverse". Interview with Josh Mchugh, www.wired.com. September 01, 2004.

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• Evanescence fans aren't the popular kids in school. They aren't the cheerleaders. It's the art kids and the nerds and the kids who grow up to be the most interesting creative people.

  Amy Lee

  Art, Growing Up, School

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• Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

  Robert Kennedy

  Freedom, Men, Hands

  Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy”

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• Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.

  Scott Ian

  Book, Guy, Fantasy

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