Quotes from Howard Hughes

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.

Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap.

Money can't buy happiness.

I put the sweat of my life into this project, and if it's a failure, I'll leave the country and never come back.

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.

We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.

His ears made him look like a taxi cab with both doors open.

Every man has his price, or a guy like me couldn't exist.

I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world, the finest film producer in Hollywood, the greatest pilot in the world, and the richest man in the world.

The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.

Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.

Money can't buy happiness.

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

My father told me, never have partners.

Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.