Quote by John Stuart Mill

“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

“Eccentricity is the universal trait of humanity.”

— Dean Koontz

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

— Bertrand Russell

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…

— 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

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

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

“In a famous passage, Mill explained Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, in order to break…

— Mary Pickering

People need to learn how to work, learn how to support themselves. I think it's just fine to be eccentric.

— Temple Grandin

“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

“The only way to become an eccentric is to end your relationship with extroverts.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson