You just got your nerd credentials back.

Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what it is I do that people want. I don't know…

— Shia LaBeouf

Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is…

— Chris Gardner

I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college.…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters'…

— Dixie Lee Ray

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. ... I know what regret feels like; I've earned my…

— Barbara Johnson

It is not about where you are but in what direction you're moving. God is into character, not credentials.

— Howard G. Hendricks

...academic credentials are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having your ideas taken seriously. If a famous professor repeatedly says stupid things,…

— Paul Krugman

There's no question that increased formal credentials can give you an advantage. The question is, is it the best advantage you can buy with…

— Michael Ellsberg

They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps shut.

— Bill O'Reilly

When you start to become famous, you can hop into any kind of field just because of the name you have and the credentials…

— Tyga

Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days.

— Chris Colfer

The sign and credentials of the poet are that he announces that which no man foretold

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are delighted to be working with PCG to continue to develop professionalism in the IT industry, and making BCS membership more accessible to…

— David A. Clarke, Jr

People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do not have the credentials…

— Kim Woo-jung

As an evolutionary biologist, I have learned over the years that most people do not want to see themselves as lumbering robots programmed to…

— John Maynard Smith