Nerdiness Quotes:

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

source: Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1762, Random House

topic: Wit, Seducing, Nerdiness

I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in.

- Bjork

topic: Nerd, Littles, Obsessed, Nerdiness

I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.

- Kristen Bell

topic: Girl, Pretty Girl, Play, Nerdiness

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

- Zachary Levi

topic: Passion, People, Nerd, Burning Passion, Unbridled Passion

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

topic: Mean, Nerd, Followers, Nerdiness

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

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

topic: Offending, People, Nerd, Nerdiness

Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

topic: Thinking, Employment, Slavery, Nerdiness

I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me.

- Yvonne Strahovski

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

topic: Teacher, School, Uniforms, Good Students, Nerdiness

I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.

- Jennifer Aniston

topic: Sweet, Men, Guy, Slick, Nerdiness

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

topic: Poetry, Want, Annoying, Nerdiness

I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I think, when people talk about nerdiness, what they're really talking about is smart people who who are trying to think hard about the world. And I don't think that's an insult, I think that's a great thing.

- John Green

topic: Smart, Thinking, Talking, Nerdiness

Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness.

- John Green

topic: Girl, Real, Paris, Hotness, Nerdiness

I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.'

- James McAvoy

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

topic: Stars, Nerd, Firsts, Nerdiness

I have respect for mother nature's methods of robustness (billions of years allow most of what is fragile to break); classical thought is more robust (in its respect for the unknown, the epistemic humility) than the modern post-Enlightenment naïve pseudoscientific autism. Thus my classical values make me advocate the triplet of erudition, elegance, and courage; against modernity's phoniness, nerdiness and philistinism

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

topic: Mother, Humility, Years, Erudition, Triplet