Ability Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of…

— Samuel Johnson

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That…

— John Stuart Mill

People are quite frequently eccentric.

— Jane Smiley

Eccentricity is originality that leads nowhere.

— Mason Cooley

“Eccentricity is the universal trait of humanity.”

— Dean Koontz

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional…

— John Stuart Mill

I have always noticed that when people consider others eccentric, it is because they are reveling in some form of enjoyment that their critics…

— Mabel Osgood Wright

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

— Ben Macintyre

The surest way of being considered eccentric is just to be yourself. So few of us have the nerve.

— Marjorie Benton Cooke

To some extent, we all have quirks or idiosyncrasies, and some geniuses, because of how bright they are and how focused they are, may…

— Darold Treffert

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

Eccentricity is like having an accent. It's what "other" people have.

— Oliver Sacks