nerdy Quotes
I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all the popular kids, and the good-looking kids. And the nerds were super-nerdy cartoons, with tape on their glasses. I never saw 'my people' portrayed accurately.
Paul Feig
American film director
How do we escape who we are? I think, going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn't known as the sort of nerdy, studious girl. I met gay people for the first time in my life. I needed that expansion from a very conservative little town.
Joan Allen
American actress
It's okay to take that reservoir of passion that you have and let it flow into whatever you love. Experiment, question, replicate, be critical, be nerdy, be yourself.
Kyle Hill
American professional basketball player
I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.
Olivia Wilde
American Actress, Filmmaker
You're not really supposed to like ABBA in Sweden. It's nerdy.
Izabella Scorupco
Polish-Swedish actress
I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.
Iman
Somali-American model
I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.
Kirsten Dunst
American actress
Raised on Bill Nye videos, LEGOs, and CD-ROMs of dinosaurs, I was a lump of nerdy clay waiting to be molded. 'Mythbusters' came to me at a critical time, and it transformed me into who I am today.
Kyle Hill
American professional basketball player
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
American actress
I'm a nerdy guy who likes to read a lot.
Rick Harrison
American businessman
I look most like myself... when I'm wearing my black, nerdy engineering glasses.
Junot Diaz
Dominican-American writer
I tended to be the nerdy kid - stood at the back, watching other people having fun - I wasn't always necessarily a big part of the fun myself.
Jack Thorne
British playwright
Leadership is loud. It is quiet. It is thoughtful and emotional and cerebral and nerdy and goofy and joyful and motivating.
Julie Foudy
Soccer player
I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.
Kristen Bell
American actress
I was kind of a nerdy, geeky type. And I loved math. People teased me about it. I felt pretty much like an outcast.
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.
Ernest Cline
American novelist
I've always played some version of a nerdy guy or something like that. I mean, one of my story lines on 'Silicon Valley' is that I am very bad with women!
Kumail Nanjiani
Pakistani-American comedian
I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.
Kesha
American singer-songwriter
Throughout my career, especially the second half of my career, I was always nerdy or anal when it came to how I prepared for my matches.
Gail Kim
Canadian professional wrestler
I was a failed grunge kid who was too nerdy to totally get down with rock.
Oneohtrix Point Never
American music producer
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