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Now I'm old ... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the eccentricity - you can go places, you can be wacky, and you don't have to be constrained. I think that's why people are eccentric - eccentricity is a weapon ... and it's great! By Sylvester Mccoy Eccentric Eccentricity Hippie Places Wacky

What's the difference between eccentric and crazy?'She lifted her hands above her head, tapped her zills together, and danced out the door. From over her shoulder she laughed and called out, 'Nobody knows! By Beth Hoffman Crazy Head Tapped Door Difference

We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas. By Harry A. Blackmun Eccentrics Donnas Prima

Anybody talented in any way - they're called eccentric. By Thelonious Monk Eccentric Talented Called

Eccentricty had flowered into madness. By Laurie R. King Eccentricty Madness Flowered

Yeah, I'm a little weird. I'm definitely a little eccentric. By Bryce Dallas Howard Yeah Weird Eccentric

I don't think I dress eccentrically. I'm just not conservative, I guess - I dress according to what like. And I'm not a mannequin, as you can tell. By Helena Bonham Carter Dress Eccentrically Conservative Guess Mannequin

The State is concentric, but the individual is eccentric. By James Joyce State Concentric Eccentric Individual

I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood. By Saul Bellow Understood Blind Selfacceptance Eccentric Conceive

I think you might very well be the most eccentric person I've ever met. By Jandy Nelson Met Eccentric Person

It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy. By Yvon Chouinard Rich Crazy Eccentric

It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric. By Paloma Faith British Eccentric Celebrated Culture

ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. By Ambrose Bierce Eccentricity Incapacity Method Distinction Cheap

I've always been quite an eccentric character. I love going out and partying; I'm a very sociable creature. By Jess Glynne Character Eccentric Partying Creature Love

In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. By John Stuart Mill Mere Eccentricity Age Nonconformity Custom

You say I'm a freak, I say I'm eccentrically awesome. By Dreamer Girl Freak Awesome Eccentrically

My eccentricity became direction. By Jean Paul Gaultier Direction Eccentricity

They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own. By Al Mcguire Call Eccentric Nuts Changed Difference

If to live in this style is to be eccentric, it must be confessed that there is something good in eccentricity. By Jules Verne Eccentric Eccentricity Live Style Confessed

I do some eccentric dancing. By Roy Blount Jr. Dancing Eccentric

Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionary. By Jenny Holzer Alienation Revolutionary Produces Eccentrics

I believe that those who knew me [in my youth] took me for an eccentric. By Adolf Hitler Youth Eccentric Knew

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity. By Neil Simon Eccentricity Underestimate Stimulation

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. By Andre Maurois Eccentricity Profoundly Original Avoid

My dad has sometimes felt that I grew up a little lacking in sufficient eccentricity - in the sense that I'm willing to live as an adult in a house with walls that are parallel to each other, that sort of thing. By Jaron Lanier Eccentricity Thing Dad Felt Grew

Sci-fi fans are eccentric. By Traci Bingham Scifi Eccentric Fans

I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain. By Tom Waits Eccentric Hope Brain Room

Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane. By Bruce Robinson Eccentric Insane Money

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog. By Douglas Coupland Cog Pretend Eccentric Worry Interchangeable

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English. By Jules Verne English Eccentric

Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. By John Stuart Mill Precisely Reproach Desirable Eccentric Tyranny

My teachers were often very eccentric. By Anne Waldman Eccentric Teachers

Eccentricities, of which I know I havemany, do not hold universal sexual and romantic lure. I understand that. By Jessica Park Eccentricities Havemany Lure Hold Universal

I'm an artist, and I'm a bit weird, and I'm probably a bit eccentric. By Fka Twigs Bit Artist Weird Eccentric

I'm pretty normal in some ways. In some ways I'm completely extraordinary, and in other ways I'm completely weird and eccentric. By Courtney Love Pretty Normal Completely Extraordinary Eccentric

ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested.A striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself, whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell. By Ambrose Bierce Abnormal Adj Hell Average Man

Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence. By Samuel Johnson Existence Abilities Knowledge Incline Deviate

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action. By Rex Stout Eccentricity Action Understand Technique Futile

We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even. By Jonathan Hull Lunatics Dreams Eccentrics

I'm a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There's no middle ground, only madness and sadness. By Fennel Hudson Eccentric Living Mood Classic Extremes

New Age eccentricity could only take you so far before you wandered into mentally ill territory. By M.m. Mclaughlin Age Territory Eccentricity Wandered Mentally

If you define eccentricity as creativity, then yes, creativity is eccentricity. By Russell Smith Eccentricity Creativity Define

If you want to see eccentricities, I'll be grotesque before your eyes. By Michael Jackson Eccentricities Eyes Grotesque

It seems that, depending upon which side of the thesaurus-writer's gaze we sit, one's uniqueness can be deemed to be either eccentric or distinctive. Both, in my opinion, are good. By Fennel Hudson Depending Sit Distinctive Side Thesauruswriter

There's a fine line between eccentrics and geniuses. If you're a little ahead of your time, you're an eccentric, and if you're too late, you're a failure, but if you hit it right on the head, you're a genius. By Thomas Watson Jr. Geniuses Fine Line Eccentrics Eccentric

Someone trying to live well would seem eccentrically abstemious in most of the US. That phenomenon is only going to become more pronounced. You can probably take it as a rule of thumb from now on that if people don't think you're weird, you're living badly. By Paul Graham Live Eccentrically Abstemious Pronounced Weird

Weird: of strange or extraordinary character By Merriam-Webster Weird Character Strange Extraordinary

I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric! By John Cleese Eccentric

Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric. By Sara Sheridan Writers Profession Eccentric

The one cool thing with getting older is that you can actively choose to just be an eccentric. By Greg Behrendt Eccentric Cool Thing Older Actively

I'd rather be eccentric and artistic, than be normal and have not one inch of art flowing through my heart. By Anthony Liccione Artistic Heart Eccentric Normal Inch

Ordinary raised to extraordinary. By E.l. James Ordinary Extraordinary Raised

I felt it would to add a great deal to my legend for eccentricity. By Roger Ebert Eccentricity Felt Add Great Deal

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga. By David Ogilvy Develop Young Eccentricities People Gaga

Develop your eccentricities early, and no one will think you're going senile later in life By David Ogilvy Develop Early Life Eccentricities Senile

I suspected eccentricity was often if not always a response to pain, a defense mechanism against anguish and torment and sorrow. By Dean Koontz Pain Sorrow Suspected Eccentricity Response

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. By Franz Schubert Sane Eccentric Contrary Impulses Govern

I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished because I think, 'This is completely normal. This is just how I am, it's how I've always been.' By Daphne Guinness Normal People Label Eccentric Kind

If you're poor and you do something stupid, you're nuts. If you're rich and do something stupid, you're eccentric. By Bobby Heenan Stupid Nuts Poor Eccentric Rich

I never knew whether I was drawn to eccentric people or if they were drawn to me. By Dean Koontz Drawn Knew Eccentric People

The difference between nuts and eccentric is about a million dollars, I hear. By Judy Teel Dollars Hear Difference Nuts Eccentric

I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England. By Dodie Smith Places Happenings England People Convinced

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy. By Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Baron Lytton Genius Crazy Things World Eccentricity

On a very rough-and-ready basis we might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law is, insists on laying it down to others. An eccentric puts ice cream on steak simply because he likes it; should a crank do so, he would endow the act with moral grandeur and straightaway denounce as sinners (or reactionaries) all who failed to follow suit ... Cranks, at their most familiar, are a sort of peevish prophets, and it's not enough that they should be in the right; others must also be in the wrong. By Louis Kronenberger Law Eccentric Basis Insists Crank

There must be room in our world for eccentricity, even if it offends the prudes, and room for the vague other-worldliness that often goes with genius. By Boris Johnson Eccentricity Prudes Genius Room World

I guess if you're smart enough, you can do and say what you like and people just call you eccentric. It's like being old.""Or rich," Alex said. By David Walton Eccentric Guess Smart People Call

wondering if this was how I was going to end up: eccentric and alone. By Pauline Wiles Wondering Eccentric End

Odd, eccentric people they were, these entertainers. Most of them had a streak of imagination, and most of them drank. Most of them were middle-aged. Most of them had an abstracted manner; in ordinary life, they seemed left aside, somehow. Odd, extraneous creatures, often a little depressed, feeling life slip away from them. The cinema was killing them. By D.h. Lawrence Odd Eccentric Entertainers People Life

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side. By Demi Moore Eccentric Obsessivecompulsive Side

Lady Bracknell: He was eccentric, I admit. But only in later years. And that was the result of the Indian climate, and marriage, and indigestion, and other things of that kind. By Oscar Wilde Bracknell Lady Eccentric Admit Indian

Even beauty cannot always palliate eccentricity. By Honore De Balzac Eccentricity Beauty Palliate

An excellent but an eccentric man in whom the least little thing would, it seemed, often check the flow of his spirits and divert the current of his thoughts. By Marcel Proust Thoughts Excellent Eccentric Man Thing

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts. By Christine Lavin Line Fine Rut Nuts Groove

When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric. By Al Mcguire Call Losing Nuts Winning Eccentric

There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people. By Rachel Weisz Hollywood People Eccentricity Room Sexy

Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric. By Ilona Andrews Weird People Poor Rich Eccentric

I am really interested in eccentric minds. It's rather like being fascinated by how cars work. It's really boring if your car works all the time. But as soon as something happens, you get the bonnet up. If someone has an abnormal or dysfunctional state of mind, you get the bonnet up. By Mark Haddon Interested Eccentric Bonnet Minds Mind

We might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law is, insists on laying it down to others. By Louis Kronenberger Law Insists Define Eccentric Man

There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behavior and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity. These are frequently artists and performers, adventurers and wide-life devotees.Then there are those who feel their own strangeness and are terrified by it. They struggle toward normalcy. They suffer to exactly that degree that they are unable to appear normal to others, or to convince themselves that their aberration does not exist. These are true freaks, who appear, almost always, conventional and dull. By Katherine Dunn Vulgar Normality Apparent Stultifying Strive

Ordinary is the door for extraordinary. By Rajneesh Ordinary Extraordinary Door

When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric. By Al Mcguire Called Losing Nuts Eccentric Winning

That so few dare be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time. By John Stuart Mill Time Dare Eccentric Marks Chief

I prefer to remain anomalous. By Barbara Kingsolver Anomalous Prefer Remain

When you're rich, 'crazy' is just 'eccentric'. By Ziad K. Abdelnour Crazy Eccentric Rich

The most interesting people are the unusual. No one writes about or discusses the average, the ordinary, or the common; they write about and discuss the weird, the mad and the different, so if you are one, even though the opinions of others are of no importance, you are, in their eyes, significant enough to notice and remember. By Donna Lynn Hope Unusual Interesting People Writes Write

There is nothing more amazing than the extraordinary sanity of the insane! Unless it is the extraordinary eccentricity of the sane! By Agatha Christie Insane Extraordinary Amazing Sanity Sane

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer. By Elizabeth Mcgovern Academic Eccentric Father Lecturer

One is expected to show a bit of eccentricity to be interesting. Otherwise one is simply a sad old crone, and no one wants that, you know. By Camilla Lackberg Interesting Expected Show Bit Eccentricity

I am very abnormal ... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy. By Dirk Benedict Abnormal Normalcy Long Ago Normal

I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric. By Osamu Dazai Human Shook Fright Unable Breast

With the possible exception of steampunk aficionados, many reasonable people must view my fascination with Victorian and Edwardian popular fiction - mysteries, fantasy, and adventure - as eccentric or merely antiquarian. By Michael Dirda Mysteries Fantasy Victorian Edwardian Aficionados

There is a point at which eccentricity begins to impact operational effectiveness. By Charles Stross Effectiveness Point Eccentricity Begins Impact

I do not deny that he was eccentric; the mania he had for keeping that cat and teasing her until she flew at his face like a demon, was certainly eccentric. I never could understand why he kept the creature, nor what pleasure he found in shutting himself up in his room with this surly, vicious beast. I remember once, glancing up from the manuscript I was studying by the light of some tallow dips, and seeing Mr. Wilde squatting motionless on his high chair, his eyes fairly blazing with excitement, while the cat, which had risen from her place before the stove, came creeping across the floor right at him. Before I could move she flattened her belly to the ground, crouched, trembled, and sprang into his face. Howling and foaming they rolled over and over on the floor, scratching and clawing, until the cat screamed and fled under the cabinet, and Mr. Wilde turned over on his back, his limbs contracting and curling up like the legs of a dying spider. He was eccentric. By Robert W. Chambers Eccentric Cat Wilde Demon Deny

He had a few eccentricities himself and was tolerant of the peculiarities of others; indeed, he rather relished the ridiculous. By Carson Mccullers Ridiculous Eccentricities Tolerant Peculiarities Relished

People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown. By Vaslav Nijinsky People Eccentrics Clown Leave Mad

My usual self is a very unusual self. By Shelagh Delaney Usual Unusual

Live beyond your capability, be an eccentric with focused sincerity. By Debasish Mridha Live Capability Sincerity Eccentric Focused

Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it. By Osbert Lancaster Eccentricity Acceptable Socially Generations Inbreeding

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her. By Jay Mcinerney Woman Wife Eccentric Love

I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around. By Ian Mckellen English Actor Eccentric Lot