Been Quote by Tom Wolfe

Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way…

— Joss Whedon

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

— Zachary Levi

Nerd. Geek. Used to be if you self-identified that way, you'd get thrown into a locker and never have sex. Or worse, whatever that…

— Olivia Munn

I think a nerd is a person who uses the telephone to talk to other people about telephones. And a computer nerd therefore is…

— Douglas Adams

I think people have this stereotypical idea in their head of what a nerd is. People have said to me before, "You're not a…

— Chris Hardwick

The most interesting nerds are the ones who take offense to being called nerds.

— Greg Fitzsimmons

Nerd? I prefer the term Intellectual Badass!

— Green Monk

Someone who I would describe as a 'geek' or 'nerd' is a person who loves something to its greatest extent and then looks for…

— Wil Wheaton

It's kind of shocking to me, actually, that I've almost been stereotyped, in a way - physically - because, I didn't get good grades…

— Charlyne Yi

When I grew up, being a nerd was a bad thing. You didn't want to be one. Now everybody calls themselves that.

— Jimmy Dore

People say 'nerd' condescendingly, but when you're older you start to realize that it's the nerds who grow up to be the cool ones.

— Leelee Sobieski

I'm definitely a nerd. I'm a cool-ass nerd, but I am definitely a nerd.

— Alicia Keys