“Eccentricity of a creative mind may not be pleasing for the people around it, but it is important for the progress.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The idea that a man should be wearing something different and more eccentric is obviously the oldest idea on earth. — Alessandro Michele Copy Share Image
There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. — Franz Schubert Copy Share Image
I was taught Shakespeare brilliantly by an eccentric genius at Harrow named Jeremy Lemmon who made me want to be a writer. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living… — Riki Lindhome Copy Share Image
A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Dame Barbara Cartland was an endearing eccentric, and when I interviewed her, she wanted me to listen to her dictating to her… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
From my point of view, when I was thinking about the prospect of [Michael Douglas] in this part, I wondered if he… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different?… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
'Backwash' is an old-school, slapstick-y romp between three eccentric loser friends who inadvertently rob a bank, armed solely with a salami and… — Joshua Malina Copy Share Image
Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
New York used to be so much more than just a place to shop. It was life on the street for the… — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
“She was an original ... She was an eccentric. She'd come alive like a fire, telling funny stories and entertaining everyone, then… — Santa Montefiore Copy Share Image
An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece… — Simon Barnes Copy Share Image
Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I am admittedly eccentric and very silly and I laugh all day and it makes me laugh that people think that I'm… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
I have an eccentric view on commodities not necessarily shared by my colleagues - or by almost anybody. And that is, we're… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never took the bus. Never. Walking meant you were eccentric or pious or a loser - riding the bus meant you… — Susan Straight Copy Share Image
Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down.… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I wanted to work with those boys (producers Andy and Larry Wachowski) because they're so eccentric and peculiar. Larry, of course, is… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“This last year she has been in danger of becoming an eccentric or else one of those persons who does not bother… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
The man that found the 726-carat diamond in Africa, received $350,000 for it and wants to buy a farm and silk hat.… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
You can't get a bad picture out of Bacall. There's nothing eccentric about her. She's perfect all over and yet she looks… — Louise Dahl-Wolfe Copy Share Image
My parents are a wonderful mixture of bohemian eccentric, but also incredibly practical and not airy-fairy. — Sophie Kennedy Clark Copy Share Image
It's always exciting to play characters who are obsessive because all their energy is so focused on that one thing and they're… — Robin McLeavy Copy Share Image
For young people, it doesn't matter so much, but when you're older, less is definitely more - too much make-up can give… — Lulu Copy Share Image
My house. It's kind of eccentric. It's two decades worth of accumulated personal projects. Yeah, it is pretty dense in my house. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished because I think,… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
I've never once heard my mum shout and she's 83 now. She's incredible. She's very, very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing,… — Carol Vorderman Copy Share Image
I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is… — Richard Briers Copy Share Image
I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I spent on the Other Earth many "other years," wandering from mind to mind and country to country, but I did not… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
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