Howard Hughes Quotes

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• I am determined to elect a president of our choosing this year and one who will be deeply indebted, and who will recognize his indebtedness.…
• Passion will make you crazy, but is there any other way to live?
• Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.
• 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…
• 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…
• I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.
• Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.
• Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.
• Money can't buy happiness.
• The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.
• 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 projects…
• Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
• I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.
• My father told me, never have partners.
• Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap.
• We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.
• The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.
• I intend to be, the richest man in the world.
• I'm not a paranoid derranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.

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