Best 109 quotes in «eccentric quotes» category

Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own

I am a traditionalist; proud to be eccentric; delighted to be different.

I guess if you’re smart enough, you can do and say what you like and people just call you eccentric. It’s like being old.” “Or rich,” Alex said.

I'd rather be eccentric and artistic, than be normal and have not one inch of art flowing through my heart.

I’m a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There’s no middle ground, only madness and sadness.

I like ethics." The question of morality, how and why do people behave in certain ways. "And the principle of knowledge." I continue, "I've read this one." I show him On Certainty (book) by Ludwig Wittgenstein wrapped in my hand. "An intelligent one, that is, though, modern mind rarely appreciates such kind of writing. Not any more. I studied philosophy myself, and you know what I think? Every branch of knowledge needs philosophy for it helps to organise the flow of ideas and articulate meanings. I could not agree more to that. "Do you think it will be deserted one day?" "Probably. Nobody will bother about it any more, just like history. What is the only thing people become more interested in nowadays?" he asks. "Making money." His thumb rubs repeatedly over the tip of the index finger. "Philosophy and history are considered as eccentric. They don't usually offer people high income, and that's the inexorable reality. We've got to deal with it anyhow.

Imagine a young Isaac Newton time-travelling from 1670s England to teach Harvard undergrads in 2017. After the time-jump, Newton still has an obsessive, paranoid personality, with Asperger’s syndrome, a bad stutter, unstable moods, and episodes of psychotic mania and depression. But now he’s subject to Harvard’s speech codes that prohibit any “disrespect for the dignity of others”; any violations will get him in trouble with Harvard’s Inquisition (the ‘Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion’). Newton also wants to publish Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, to explain the laws of motion governing the universe. But his literary agent explains that he can’t get a decent book deal until Newton builds his ‘author platform’ to include at least 20k Twitter followers – without provoking any backlash for airing his eccentric views on ancient Greek alchemy, Biblical cryptography, fiat currency, Jewish mysticism, or how to predict the exact date of the Apocalypse. Newton wouldn’t last long as a ‘public intellectual’ in modern American culture. Sooner or later, he would say ‘offensive’ things that get reported to Harvard and that get picked up by mainstream media as moral-outrage clickbait. His eccentric, ornery awkwardness would lead to swift expulsion from academia, social media, and publishing. Result? On the upside, he’d drive some traffic through Huffpost, Buzzfeed, and Jezebel, and people would have a fresh controversy to virtue-signal about on Facebook. On the downside, we wouldn’t have Newton’s Laws of Motion.

It occurred to me almost constantly in the South that had I lived there I would have been an eccentric and full of anger, and I wondered what form the anger would have taken. Would I have taken up causes, or would I have simply knifed somebody?

I’m eccentric, yes, but I’m not insane.

In Science don't confound Normal static electricity To ecstatic eccentricity. Here is what I found: Electric charges As they rise up your hair In contrast with a discharge, Rarity leaves you up in the air!

My beauty is my eccentricity, when I am out people stare at me and speak, look at that creative guy, unique guy, different guy.

My approach is different. My mistakes are conscious mistakes. And I learn more than those I despise way too often than those I admire.

It seems that, depending upon which side of the thesaurus-writer’s gaze we sit, one’s uniqueness can be deemed to be either eccentric or distinctive. Both, in my opinion, are good.

My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.

The difference between nuts and eccentric is about a million dollars, I hear.

Playing safe, hiding among the masses, will rarely get you noticed.

She would be quirky, and I would be stolid, and our relationship, if launched, would embark on an eccentric path, and our days would be lively. But I wasn't expected to take such nonsense seriously, was I?

Stephen Tennant is the most sparkling talker who ever comes to my house, and perhaps the most amusing. He dances like the will-o'-the-wisp where other people stick in the mud. Though his really kindred spirits are the most exotic people he can find, he also greatly enjoys a talk with some extremely commonplace person, when he pretends that he thinks they mean something which they never thought of in their lives. He can be by turns poetic, malicious, and nonsensical. His talk is very pictorial and he handles words as if they were pait on a brush. When Stephen is alone with one friend he is often drawn to speak of very grave and profound subjects, and then he becomes unhappy, for he is never sure about what he loves and believes in, and would like to love and believe in so much.

Stubborness and staunch, they are both same things from different point of view, such crazy and eccentric.

The game never changes, you must be in the secret before you are shown to the public.

The pieces didn't really coordinate and could be described in no other way than 'eclectic', but once labeled 'eclectic', valuable mismatches generally become fantastically stylish. Very similar to the way adding cash value to 'crazy' results in a whimsical 'eccentric'; you have to buy more flattering adjectives.

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

The world is a strange place for humans like me, we don't really belong anywhere but we fit everywhere. We carry a depth, thay most get high to reach - we're busy creating magic whilst half the world is building wars.

Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.

The world is filled with heroes and wannabes, so let me just play the villain.

Uniqueness is like a signature, nobody can forge it's exact copy.

Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.

Wszyscy archeolodzy są ekscentrykami. Normalnych nie ma. Nie wiem, z czego to wynika. Praca jest dość oryginalna, może przyciąga takich właśnie ludzi. Ale faktem jest, że w niewielu grupach zawodowych jest tylu dziwaków, co wśród archeologów. I to dziwaków wybitnych.

You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece and it secured the Ashes for England [on Pietersen's Ashes winning innings, 2005

As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that, it's lauded in some perverse way.

Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.

Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.

Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.

Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.

I can't stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.

I always wanted an eccentric daughter . I just never realized how well my evil plans were working.

I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!

If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction.

I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent.

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side.

I have always idolized eccentric people.

I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, Im kind of astonished because I think, This is completely normal. This is just how I am, its how Ive always been.

If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor.

I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain.

I'm an eccentric, silly, observational guy, but I'm not gonna frighten off social conservatives.

I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.