Jack Dee Quotes

I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?'

If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate.

Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.

I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.

As a teenage girl myself, I've gone through times in my life where I've felt insecure about who I am and have tried so hard to fit in with everyone else.

In high school, I definitely fancied myself an intense guy, which is so lame.

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.

I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.

I wasn't super-cool in high school.

The Kevin Abstract project kind of represents being socially awkward in high school, which I'm low-key kind of tired of.

I was never cool as a kid.

I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association.

At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.

Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.

Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we turn to the people we admire for strength. If we dress like someone everyone thinks is cool, perhaps we'll be seen as cool.

I just wanted to fit in as a teenager, but it was hopeless.

I remember the general anxiety of teenager, and I remember establishing some sort of appearance based on what my peers would think. And cliques, oh my God, the worst. The worst!

I had a hard enough time in high school, fitting in without having to keep up with Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - all these ways you have to keep up your image.

Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'

I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

On some level, I think everyone felt like a dork in high school.

I don't know why this concept of what is hip became so important to me.