I've never once heard my mum shout and she's 83 now. She's…

I'm a massive fan of 'Strictly' so it's incredible. I'm so happy that I can be a part of it.

— Kelvin Fletcher

It's great hearing stories of my mum growing up in Brooklyn, then moving to Florida, having me and growing up with this eccentric, fun…

— Ariana Grande

My father was having an affair with a 16-year-old when Mum was pregnant with me. She found out when I was three weeks old…

— Carol Vorderman

The divorce is a regret of mine and my mum thinks that we should have stayed together. He's now remarried so there's no chance…

— Carol Vorderman

I was away a lot on 'Countdown' when the children were young and I couldn't have done it without Mum's help. Because she was…

— Carol Vorderman

One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat…

— Carol Vorderman

This twenty-year-old boy was distinguished from childhood by strange qualities, a dreamer and an eccentric. A girl fell in love with him, and he…

— Mikhail Bulgakov

Eccentric is a difficult word because it's come to mean crazy. Avant-garde would be better. Eccentric is not "centric" in terms of having a…

— Daphne Guinness

May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different? One might…

— Potter Stewart

I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never…

— Adrian Lyne

I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

— Marian Seldes

There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of…

— Ellen Terry

“You can drink your soup ice-cold, but it's no longer soup; you can do eccentric things in life, but if you haven't been able…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

What am I in most people's eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”

— Terry Pratchett