Compass Quote by Mabel Osgood Wright

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

— Marjorie Benton Cooke

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

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

— Bertrand Russell

People are quite frequently eccentric.

— Jane Smiley

“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

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

— Oliver Sacks

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

— Nana Patekar

That's what being eccentric means--being natural.

— Lorraine Hansberry

I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished because I think, 'This is…

— Daphne Guinness

I totally understand I'm an eccentric person; I'm not going to claim to be a normal person.

— Augustus Sol Invictus