Quotes About Being A Geek

#1. The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.

Felicia Day

#2. I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I'm not one of those people who's enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I particularly ashamed of it.

China Mieville

#3. No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll

Brian Cox

#4. Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.

Linus Torvalds

#5. The word "geek" today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

Olivia Munn

#6. People ask me all the time: 'What is it like to be a woman at Google?' I'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google. And being a geek is just great. I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.

Marissa Mayer

#7. I keep hearing that being a geek is cool now, but I'm not sure the rest of the world has gotten the memo

Liz Czukas

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

Simon Pegg

#9. Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.

Masi Oka

#10. Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Adam Savage

#11. I'm quite comfortable with being a geek. I've been a geek since high school.

James Marsters

#12. Authority is not required to supply reasons for their behavior, because hierarchy trumps procedure.

Noah Cicero

#13. Being able to use the word "geek" has helped me a lot to define myself, but not as a mold for me to fit myself into, as a template to help accentuate my differences.

Jon Katz

#14. There are many experiments and a great deal of research that can be performed on the station that make a difference in our lives and we are committed to supporting this important vocation.

Marc Garneau

#15. Rodolfo lifted Alessandra's hand to his lips and kissed it. 'I have loved you, Alessandra. Do not forget that. Thank you ... thank you for loving me.' She wept, curling her head in toward his good shoulder. 'Do not leave me, Rodolfo. Do not leave us. Chiara ... and the baby ...

Lisa Tawn Bergren

#16. I'm a film geek man. I love toys. I love everything in filmmaking, so for me to just be around this technology is just so cool to watch it being used for the first time, some of the stuff.

Zach Braff

#17. Being a fangirl is the best thing that's ever happened to me. ...We know what we're into, we love hard, and we're okay with it.

Sam Maggs

#18. I'd love to pop back into 'Being Human' as Adam. I love the character so much. I've never really played a character like that. I'm always playing the geek, so to play a kid who is very energetic when he wants to be, and who is always trying to get the girls, was really cool.

Craig Roberts

#19. I've never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.

Paul Feig

#20. Ambition is a funny thing. It's like being a Trekkie in that if you admit to it, those around you are mock supportive of your confidence but are quick to call you a loser behind your back.
Or maybe that's the opposite of being a Trekkie.

Christy Leigh Stewart

#21. Being a sci-fi geek myself and going to movies all my life, I came to the conclusion that there were really two camps of how robots have been designed. It's either the tin man, which is a human with metal skin, or it's an R2D2.

Andrew Stanton

#22. I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.

Felicia Day

#23. 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

#24. Alan shrugged. "I love the CBC, really, but being voted its president - " "Co-president," Sputnik corrected. " - is kind of like being declared King of Nerds." "Co-king," Sputnik asserted.

J.M. Richards

#25. The question is, 'how bad at sports were you as a kid?' I grew up near where they film Jersey Shore. If you weren't tan, muscular, and book-averse, you were a dork and a nerd and a geek and stuff. I remember being into Gary Larsen, Stephen Wright, Peter Sellers ...

Demetri Martin

#26. Normally, what you're envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels ... almost nonexistent things.

James Salter

#27. By setting up a universe which tends to hold everything we do, see, and say in the sway of its cosmos, an archetype is best comparable with a God

James Hillman

#28. I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con.

Kristen Bell

#29. My Best Friend and I have spent plenty of time together, despite me being in my First Ever Relationship. This is because friends should always come first.

Holly Smale

#30. Being a sci-fi geek, it was just lovely to be on a show where I pretend I'm in outer space. That's always been my dream: to pretend to be out in space or actually be out in space.

Ming-Na Wen

#31. In fact, not only do I support eliminating soft money, but I support full public financing for campaigns.

Barbara Lee