#eccentric

Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#eccentric #happiness #hard-times #inspirational #ridiculous

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

— Toba Beta

#damant #different #eccentric #life #perception

If Miss Malin had now been given the choice of returning to her former reasonable state, and had been capable of realizing the meaning of the offer, she might have declined it on the ground that you have in reality more fun out of life when a little off your head. ↗

— Isak Dinesen

#fun #life #life

Sci-fi fans are eccentric. ↗

— Traci Bingham

#fans #sci-fi

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

— Jacques Derrida

#because #carrying #competent #conviction #eccentric

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#disagreements #eccentricities #families #family #impetuous

When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. ↗

— Brian Eno

#being #being lied to #decided #done #eccentric

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#because #closest #eccentric #extremely #hurt

You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#eccentric #fit #world #you

I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world! ↗

— Richard Briers

#been #best #character #decades #eccentric