Joe Haldeman

Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person.

American Author

Tim Burton

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. It's like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then they're just really wonderful people.

American Director

Ron Livingston

There's jerks, and there's villains. Villains, I think, are very aware of who they are and what they're doing and their effect on the world. Jerks tend to think they're great guys.

American Actor

Evan Spiegel

We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks.

American Businessman

Ian Dunbar

You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.

British Scientist

Christian Bale

If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.

Welsh Actor

Nicolas Cage

I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk.

Actor

Jeremy London

I don't like characters that are left being jerks at the end of the movie.

Rita Marley

People come from all over the world to sample Jamaican jerk.

Jamaican Singer

Seann William Scott

I don't want to be known as a jerk forever.

Describes an abrupt involuntary movement, often in reaction to something unexpected.

Physical Action

Used when someone does a sharp movement they didn't mean to do.

Unintentional Motion

An informal term that is critical or dismissive of someone's behavior.

Negative Label

Generally used casually among friends or peers, but can be offensive.

Informal Insult

Refers to a Jamaican barbeque technique; look out for spicy and smoky flavors.

Culinary Term

In cooking, 'jerk' isn't negative; it's a beloved flavor.

Not an Insult

Originating in Jamaica, jerk cooking has spread globally, especially in North America.

Cultural Origin

Indicates a rapid movement usually in response to a stimulus or reflex.

Sudden Response

In weightlifting, 'jerk' describes a specific overhead lifting technique.

Weightlifting Term

Use 'jerk' to discuss weightlifting movements, different from everyday language.

Technical Sport Term

Often implies someone is playing games or manipulating others.

Misleading Action

Using 'jerk' this way reflects poorly on the subject's character.

Negative Connotation

 All those things are really universally applicable. You'll find jerks no matter what industry you're in; no one's immune to it, everyone's got to figure it out, and you probably know how to do it already. Lastly, when you start your new job, you're going to be nervous. But don't worry, take a deep breath, because this is what I want to tell you're part of a new team now,

How to know if it’s time...

 a year ago and never got any answer at all. She asked them if they would like, underwrite her trip. And she thought maybe you might know someone there or she could use your name, because she is just so tired of washing windows and waiting on jerks in pubs and..." I said, "She wants to use my name, fine, you know, whatever." And I thought that would be the end of it,

Alone Across the Outback...

 red means they're negatively correlated. And you can see, the world is crazily green. So in almost every country in the world where we have this data, people who give money to charity are happier people than people who don't give money to charity. I know you're looking at the red country in the middle. I would be a jerk and not tell you what it is,

How to buy happiness PIPE...

 inferring stable character traits from a single behavior, like a harsh word or a clumsy step. Using our impressions as guides, we can accurately predict how people are going to behave in the future. Armed with the knowledge the guy from the football game was a jerk the first time you met him, you might expect more of the same down the road.

Should you trust your...

 to help people deal with the stress response cycle. But just taking the example of a you get out of your car or you get off the bus, and your shoulders are trying to be your earrings, and you're grumpy and cranky and still thinking about the jerk who did I don't know what.

Emily Nagoski and Amelia...

 Ray I can say with absolute certainty that if you look at the liquidity base in the corporations and the world as a whole, that there's such reduced level of liquidity that you can't return to an era of stagflation." I look at that now, I think, "What an arrogant jerk!"

How to build a company...

 forget your name you just think I'm an idiot or I'm a jerk you don't you don't know that I have this disability I don't carry a I don't have a hearing aid I'm not sitting in a wheelchair and and so you assume the worst and I and dyslexia is

Why I can’t remember...

 But you're probably not going to be the jerk who says, "Well, I guess you shouldn't have gone skiing then." If we think more about consent, we can see that victims of privacy violations deserve our compassion,

How to practice safe...

 and string up your cousin 'cause she's such a jerk. Oh, dear. And as for outsiders, white, black or brown, tar and feather them, and whip them out of town. It's that little gene. It's small and it's mean.

Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...

 Guys -- contrarian white teens of the world -- if you are being a round earth skeptic and a male privilege skeptic and a racism is bad skeptic, you're not being a skeptic, you're being a jerk.