Nerd Humor Quotes

“No one messes around with a nerd’s computer and escapes unscathed.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!”
― Kenneth Oppel, This Dark Endeavor

“Of the seminal moments in my life, Careers Day in the autumn of Year 5 is my favorite. Everyone had to dress as whatever they wanted to be once they grew up. I had gone in a tweed jacket and a bow tie, and when Miss Weston asked me what I wanted to be, I told her that I wanted to be the Doctor.

'Shouldn't you be wearing a lab coat and stethoscope like Paul?' She pointed to Paul Black, who was trying to strangle everyone with the stethoscope in question.

Before I could answer, a boy I didn't know from the other class spoke up.

'Paul's *a* doctor,' he explained, giving me a look of approval. 'He wants to be *the* Doctor.'

'Who?'

'Exactly,' we said at the same time, relieved that she understood.

She didn't. We were sent to the quiet table to reflect on why cheeking teachers was wrong.”
― Non Pratt, Trouble

“Just a few days ago, I thought I had enough of him. Marked him as did-not-finish. But now I feel every part of him will remain to-be-read.”
― Kelsey Rodkey, Last Chance Books

“... there was one new metallic monstrosity stacked in one corner that she hadn’t seen the last time she was a visitor to his strange chamber, it appeared to be a mass of hard drives all fused together, but they looked too sophisticated to be merely hard drives.
“What on earth is that?”
“That’s my Kung Fu,” he said proudly, patting the top of the futuristic-looking stack.
“Is that what you wanted to show me?”
“No, but it’s impressive, isn’t it?”
“If you say so.”
Steves sighed and shook his head, so few people could appreciate the intellectual complexity of an almost untraceable hacking device.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“Seeing what someone's reading is like seeing the first derivative of their thinking.”
― Ben Casnocha, The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

“It can’t be prevented forever. It’s destiny. It’s inevitable. The geek apocalypse is coming.”
― S.R. Thomas, Geeks Beyond Time

“She always seemed like a decent, reasonable woman.
However, the rumor was when she was mad at you; she came down with the full fury of an angry Gyaos. And not the clunky Gyaos of 1967's Gamera vs. Gyaos. We're talking the swift, fierce, deadly-as-hell Gyaos from Gamera: Guardian of the Universe.
Alex probably couldn't tell one from the other, but if this played out how John hoped it would, he'd get a general idea of what the Guardian of the Universe Gyaos was like.”
― Hew J. La France, A F K

“My attire typically consists of khakis and a plain button-down shirt. On the weekend, I might go crazy and choose a white T-shirt. The word conservative has been used to describe me more than once”
― Mia Monroe, Stars Collide

“The first Nintendo tape cartridge I tried was Ghosts N Goblins. As soon as the game began, I was immediately ambushed by zombies. I'd jump around aimlessly, tossing javelins, but was I'm a skeleton. Dead. It was over so quick, I couldn't even mentally process what just happened.”
― James Rolfe, A Movie Making Nerd