I have respect for mother nature's methods of robustness (billions of years allow most of what is fragile to break); classical thought… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“His adolescent nerdliness vaporizing any iota of a chance he had for young love. Everybody else going through the terror and joy… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“For Oscar, high school was the equivalent of a medieval spectacle, like being put in the stocks and forced to endure the… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“...my classical values make me advocate the triplet of erudition, elegance, and courage; against modernity's phoniness, nerdiness, and philistinism...many philistines reduce my… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“I wish it were different. I wish that we privileged knowledge in politicians, that the ones who know things didn't have to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“I loved Monty Python for the wordplay--this sense that you didn’t have to squash your intelligence to be funny. In fact, you… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I attended a symposium, an event named after a fifth century (B.C.) Athenian drinking party in which nonnerds talked about love; alas,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because… — John Green Copy Share Image
I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.' — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
“What is clear is that being a reader/fanboy (for lack of a better term) helped him get through the rough days of… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I… — John Green Copy Share Image
Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment. — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
