I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition. So if I made any mistake it was in working too hard and in doing too much of it… — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
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. — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
I am determined to elect a president of our choosing this year and one who will be deeply indebted, and who will recognize his… — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies. — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
“I sleep. In this room. In the dark. I have a place I can sleep. I have a chair. That's just beautiful. Oh, yeah.… — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing. — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap. — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you. — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
One of our anxieties is de-focusing the relatively small number of engineers we have. Within our own core development, I am reluctant to fund… — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel. — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it,… — Howard Hughes Copy Share Image
