“Ah new people, haughty beyond measure, irreverent to so great a mother!”

“It's that a bit of irreverence is necessary to have any self-esteem at all. Not irreverence for people, but rather, for what other people think.”

“Can't take sides? — — —! These were American journalists, and they can't take sides? That attitude illustrates the haughty arrogance of people in the news business.”

“In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.”

“The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,— the Rupert of debate!”

“The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.”

“I want to do things that are beyond the scope of the daily newspaper, as good as it is and as important as it is... beyond the scope of even a great newspaper like The New York Times.”

“Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.”

“Every monumental work of the State is measured by cubits. Every cubit is measured by the length of the Aspect-Emperor’s arm. And the Aspect-Emperor’s arm, they say, stands beyond measure. But I say the Aspect-Emperor’s arm is measured by the length of a cubit, and that all cubits are measured by the works of the State. Not even the All stands beyond measure, for it is more than what lies within it, and “more” is a kind of measure. Even the God has His cubits.”

“There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.”