Conviction Quote by Jacques Derrida

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were…

— Rex Stout

“Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the…

— Edith Sitwell

If you are serious about your work, honest and straight-forward, you are labelled eccentric.

— Nana Patekar

“Those who think they are destined for the high offices of state, should make themselves remarkable; for if a man aspire to distinction, he…

— John Galt

“Eccentricity is one of those English traits that look like frailty but mask a concealed strength; individuality disguised as oddity.”

— Ben Macintyre

“A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance. Since he occurs…

— Isaac Asimov

The anxiety around such work [vulnerably written ethnographies] is that it will prove to be beyond criticism, that it will be undiscussable.

— Ruth Behar

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius…

— Edith Sitwell

“Over the course of the last decade, I have become vividly aware of a literally lethal challenge from the sort of people who deal…

— Christopher Hitchens

Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.

— James Webb Young

“[A] writer’s most powerful weapon, his true strength, was his intuition, and regardless of whether he had any talent, if the critics combined to…

— Félix J. Palma

It's far too easy to qualify as an eccentric nowadays.

— Stephanie Mills