“Be prepared to meet a real maverick, an eccentric with a lust for life.”

“Underscoring their eccentricity and quirky jiggery-pokery is an ability to crack out a memorable pop melody.”

“Surely a benign and forgiving God will allow me this foible, this eccentricity.”

“I don't know if this is endearing eccentricity or a form of bewildering madness.”

“When I knew him he was well into his eighties and actively cultivated the eccentricities of the very old.”

“I'm taking two history classes, and I love it because history students are great at cultivating eccentricities.”

“It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles.”

“God forbid the eccentrics should start eating the mushrooms because then the strangeness really gets out of hand.”

“Admittedly, dictatorships do not encourage the cultivation of colourful eccentrics such as Montgomery or Patton.”

“Creative eccentrics will spend hours happily contented with their various projects and hobbies.”