Howard Hughes Quotes
14 quotes from Howard Hughes — Aviator, filmmaker, and business magnate who built Hughes Aircraft and controlled TWA..
“I want to be remembered as the man who flew faster than anyone else, who built the biggest airplane, and who made the best motion pictures.”
“I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.”
“Every man has his price, or a guy like me couldn't exist.”
“I have a feeling there is just about one more good flight left in my system.”
“Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you the kind of misery you prefer.”
“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
“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.”
“Play by the rules, but be ferocious.”
“I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go out before I think it is really perfect.”
“We don't have a monopoly. We have a patent.”
“I want to live longer than my father, and I want to live longer than my grandfather, and I want to live longer than my great-grandfather.”
“I have never been a social person. I have never been what you might call a mixer. And I have never been able to adjust myself to the idea of having to work with other people.”
“I want to be alone. I want to be left alone.”
“The only thing you have to know is how to trust your own unconscious, and that takes nerve—you have to be willing to go out on a limb and trust your instincts, even when everyone else is telling you you're wrong.”
