Eccentric Quotes
200 Eccentric quotes by 181 unique authors
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The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo
— Ellen Raskin
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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…
— Osamu Dazai
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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 to…
— George Orwell
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories…
— Saadi
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What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest…
— Gail Carriger
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I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!
— John Cleese
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I am not mad. I am eccentric perhaps--at least certain people say so; but as regards my profession. I am very much as one says,…
— Agatha Christie
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Are you really going to work in that?" Maura asked. Blue looked at her clothing. It involved a few thin layering shirts, including one she…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric.
— Ilona Andrews
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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…
— John Stuart Mill
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I'm not crazy or dangerous, just a bit eccentric and lonely.
— Emma Forrest
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Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.
— Bruce Robinson
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I always wanted an eccentric daughter . I just never realized how well my evil plans were working.
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Like I said before, I don't know how helpful Inez will be, " she explained. "She's very eccentric and controlled by her whims. If she…
— Richelle Mead
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In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples…
— Herbert Read
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The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no…
— Dorian Yates
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Quite low down in the list is "How much am I going to be paid?"... my main feeling about money is that I don`t want…
— Ian Mckellen
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When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and…
— George Burns
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The clothes chosen for me as a child had a strong element of the Pre-Raphaelite, muted greens and ivories, dusty rose, what seems in retrospect…
— Joan Didion
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades -…
— Daniel Breaker
Who Wrote These Eccentric Quotes
181 authors contributed a total of 200 Eccentric Quotes, led by these top contributors: