--- title: "13 Eccentric People Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Eccentric People quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Eccentric People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/arthur-bradford-24226_eccentric_i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-li_2559656.jpg" --- > [I've found that I seek out oddballs; I like strange and eccentric people a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-bradford/i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-like-strange-and-eccentric/) [Arthur Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-bradford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/arthur-bradford-24226_eccentric_i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-li_2559656.jpg) > [I have always idolized eccentric people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-boyd/i-have-always-idolized-eccentric-people/) [Brandon Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/brandon-boyd-8477_eccentric_i-have-always-idolized-eccentric-people_264718.jpg) > [If you hide, you won't find the eccentric people who will be your best friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jinkx-monsoon/if-you-hide-you-won-t-find-the-eccentric-people-who-will-be-your-best/) [Jinkx Monsoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jinkx-monsoon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/jinkx-monsoon-4391_best_if-you-hide-you-won-t-find-the-eccentric_1727713.png) > [I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/i-m-convinced-england-s-overflowing-with-eccentric-people-places/) [Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/dodie-smith-1724_convinced_i-m-convinced-england-s-overflowing-with_470288.png) > [If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/if-you-really-want-to-break-from-the-pack-you-have-to-risk-being/) [John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/john-eliot-15291_achievement_if-you-really-want-to-break-from-the-pac_160571.png) > [New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/new-york-was-big-enough-and-wide-enough-that-it-allowed-for/) [Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/robert-benton-21053_bigs_new-york-was-big-enough-and-wide-enough_945847.png) > [No matter how extreme I've had to be, no matter how eccentric people perceive me to be, because I'm outside the norms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-johnson/no-matter-how-extreme-i-ve-had-to-be-no-matter-how-eccentric-people/) [Bryan Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/bryan-johnson-5929_age_no-matter-how-extreme-i-ve-had-to-be-no_1283984.jpg) > [“The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people–people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-paris-slums-are-a-gathering-place-for-eccentric-people-people-who/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/george-orwell-57_eccentric_the-paris-slums-are-a-gathering-place-fo_418370.jpg) > [The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-carney/the-midwest-breeds-funny-eccentric-people-to-varying-degrees-you-play/) [Patrick Carney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-carney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/patrick-carney-19765_deals_the-midwest-breeds-funny-eccentric-peopl_3024530.jpg) > [The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people - people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-paris-slums-are-a-gathering-place-for-eccentric-people-people-who-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/george-orwell-57_behavior_the-paris-slums-are-a-gathering-place-fo_2929507.jpg) > [“... unfools of unbeing ... means quite clearly people who are too stereotyped to be eccentric – people who are too dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-friedman/unfools-of-unbeing-means-quite-clearly-people-who-are-too-stereotyped/) [Norman Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/norman-friedman-266916_individuals_unfools-of-unbeing-means-quite-clearly-p_1169402.jpg) > [I didn't find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/i-didn-t-find-this-memoir-of-these-two-eccentric-people-so-different/) [Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/francine-du-plessix-gray-19971_different_i-didn-t-find-this-memoir-of-these-two-e_2508285.png) > [“There were eccentric characters in the hotel. The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people — people who have fallen into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-were-eccentric-characters-in-the-hotel-the-paris-slums-are-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/anonymous-1_poverty_there-were-eccentric-characters-in-the-h_2043891.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eccentric-people/#itemlist", "name": "Eccentric People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've found that I seek out oddballs; I like strange and eccentric people a lot.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur Bradford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-bradford/i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-like-strange-and-eccentric/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/arthur-bradford-24226_eccentric_i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-li_2559656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/arthur-bradford-24226_eccentric_i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-li_2559656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/arthur-bradford-24226_eccentric_i-ve-found-that-i-seek-out-oddballs-i-li_2559656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've found that I seek out oddballs; I like strange and eccentric people a lot.” — Arthur Bradford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have always idolized eccentric people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brandon Boyd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-boyd/i-have-always-idolized-eccentric-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/brandon-boyd-8477_eccentric_i-have-always-idolized-eccentric-people_264718.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/brandon-boyd-8477_eccentric_i-have-always-idolized-eccentric-people_264718.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/brandon-boyd-8477_eccentric_i-have-always-idolized-eccentric-people_264718.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have always idolized eccentric people.” — Brandon Boyd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you hide, you won't find the eccentric people who will be your best friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jinkx Monsoon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jinkx-monsoon/if-you-hide-you-won-t-find-the-eccentric-people-who-will-be-your-best/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/jinkx-monsoon-4391_best_if-you-hide-you-won-t-find-the-eccentric_1727713.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/jinkx-monsoon-4391_best_if-you-hide-you-won-t-find-the-eccentric_1727713.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/jinkx-monsoon-4391_best_if-you-hide-you-won-t-find-the-eccentric_1727713.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you hide, you won't find the eccentric people who will be your best friends.” — Jinkx Monsoon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. 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