“Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.”
― Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I
“It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.”
― Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
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Translated
Professors can be eccentric, but if you are lower down on the Academia food chain and you act the same way, you will be labeled mentally deranged.