Howard Hughes Quotes

• Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.

  Howard Hughes

  Ideas, Impossible, Quiet

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• Passion will make you crazy, but is there any other way to live?

  Howard Hughes

  Crazy, Passion, Way To Live

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• 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.

  Howard Hughes

  Men, World, Pilots

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• I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.

  Howard Hughes

  Want, Aviation, Contribution

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• 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 with my own hands.

  Howard Hughes

  Mistake, Hands, Perfect

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

  Howard Hughes

  Soccer, Way, Compromise

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

  Howard Hughes

  Men, Guy, Like Me

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Mistake, Design, Pay

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• The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.

  Howard Hughes

  Brain, Evolution, Rapids

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• Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it, and if it is the right one you can abide by it.

  Howard Hughes

  Decision, Turns, Ifs

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• Money can't buy happiness.

  Howard Hughes

  Money Can't Buy Happiness

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

  Howard Hughes

  Flying, Mind, Would Be

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• I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.

  Howard Hughes

  Millionaire, Paranoid, Deranged

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Howard Hughes

  Country, Sweat, Aviation

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

  Howard Hughes

  Bars, Four, Soap

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• A million dollars isn't what it used to be.

  Howard Hughes

  Dollars, Used, Millions

  39 Copy quote

• 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. Since I am willing to go beyond all limitations on this, I think we should be able to select a candidate and a party who knows the facts of political life....If we select Nixon, then he, I know for sure knows the facts of life.

  Howard Hughes

  Party, Thinking, Years

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

  Howard Hughes

  Play, Action, Avenues

  48 Copy quote

• 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

  Use, Want, Monopoly

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My father told me, never have partners.

  Howard Hughes

  Father, Partners

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  41 Copy quote

• 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

  Sweat, Aviator, Built

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• I wanted to see New York . . . so I tried to see how fast I could do it in.

  Howard Hughes

  New York, Wanted

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• I intend to be, the richest man in the world.

  Howard Hughes

  Positive Thinking, Men, World

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• 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 that are way afield of where we are.

  Howard Hughes

  Small Numbers, Anxiety, Development

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