Quotes from Benjamin Nugent

I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do.

Before i launch into a discussion of what a nerd is and where the idea of nerds comes from, I'd like to diclose that when i was eleven, I had a rich fantasy life in which I carried a glowing staff.

When Americans vote for a particular candidate, they vote for the candidate who reminds them of the kind of person they would have eaten lunch with.

You don't need to belong to any particular class or ethnicity to be a nerd, but some ethnic stereotypes are nerdier than others.

I knew, suddenly, that I was someone else, with more elements. It surprised me that the touching of hands could do that: reveal to you a new piece of who you were.