As candidate for chancellor in 2002, he bungled his campaign, not least because of his erratic way of speaking (the verb "stoibering" has entered the German language).
All that stands between him and his Wes Anderson dreams is the public record, in which Mr. Goldthwait is recognized mostly for a once-ubiquitous stand-up comedy routine performed as a twitchy, erratic character who spoke in a voice somewhere between a shout and a squeal.
The NY Times went so far as to publish a critical profile of Assange in which it quoted his anonymous former colleagues as speaking of his "erratic and imperious behaviour, and a nearly delusional grandeur".
Mr. Corker's seemed to suggest that he considered Mr. Hagel – who has a reputation for speaking his mind – overbearing or erratic.
A "senior U.S. military official in Kabul," speaking of Karzai, told the Post, That guy's erratic; he's unpredictable.
"The Russians have picked the most erratic and unreliable partners in the region," said a Bush administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, following normal diplomatic protocol.
When mental health experts question the president's stability, when prominent members of his own party describe him as cruel and erratic, when foreign leaders speak of the loss of America's integrity, kind words serve what purpose?
An experienced English A-level examiner, speaking on condition of anonymity, says the boards have impressive systems for checking that erratic marking is picked up.
Barnes and Noble Financiallyly speaking, the world's largest bookseller has not been the hottest company around, characterized by erratic EPS growth trends and annual revenue growth rates in single digits from 2005 through 2008 and modestly negative ones in 2009.
Another insider speaking to me privately was blunter: 'He's unstable, and everybody knows it, but no one wants to say it.'" — Kathleen Parker Bonus phrases: "demonstrably erratic"; "serial husband"; "erratic behavior"; "inability to resist the sound of his own voice"; "untidy".
