Geek Quotes

• In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesn't value intelligence enough; so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek.

  James Marsters

  Smart, Thinking, Europe

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• I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.

  Al Yankovic

  Important, Comedy, Stills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.

  Claudia Christian

  War, People, Wish

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• When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

  J. J. Abrams

  Kids, Pride, Way

  "JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes'" by Katie Puckrik, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2011.

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• Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.

  Isabel Allende

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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• If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

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• I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

  Gwen Stefani

  Thinking, People, Able

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• Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.

  Simon Pegg

  Mean, Self, Play

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• I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

  Jim Carrey

  Mean, Kids, Years

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• I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

  Kenny Loggins

  Patience, People, Important

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

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• I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and better and better as there's not only sort of a film geek audience, there's also a general interest in the overall film consuming population.

  Jay Roach

  Get Better, Quality, Population

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

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• I was a geek in high school.

  David Schwimmer

  School, High School

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• No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

  George Lucas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  George Lucas (2015). “ArtFolds: Yoda: Yoda and the Force”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

  Dennis Ritchie

  Simple, Simplicity, Genius

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• I'm an utterly average, total geek.

  Julia Roberts

  Average

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• I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.

  Mandy Moore

  Real, Ambition, Musical

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• Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

  Warren Buffett

  Saving, Investing, Investment

  "In Letter, Warren Buffett Concedes a Tough Year" by David Segal, www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2009.

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• I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man.

  Kenny Loggins

  Men, Forgiving, Free Man

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

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• I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks' and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

  Lizzy Caplan

  Girl, Character, Thinking

  "Cozy Up to The Class' Queen of Snark!". Interview with Matt Webb Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. October 7, 2006.

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• I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Ideas, Aliens, Notion

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• I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

  Chevy Chase

  Thinking, Giving, Advice

  "Fictional character: Ty Webb". "Caddyshack", www.imdb.com. 1980.

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• Being a geek means you never have to play it cool about how much you like something.

  Simon Pegg

  Mean, Play, Like Something

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• Being a geek is extremely liberating

  Simon Pegg

  Liberating

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• We all just kinda did everything we thought we were supposed to do and girls dated the guys they were supposed to and did things with the guys they were supposed to.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Girl, Guy

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• If I dated as many people as they said I have, then I would be dead, because it's just not possible.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Fake People, Would Be, Said

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