Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr.was an American business tycoon, entrepreneur, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, inventor, filmmaker and philanthropist. During his life, he was known as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world. As a maverick film tycoon, Hughes gained prominence in Hollywood from the late 1920s, making big-budget and often controversial films like The Racket, Hell's Angels, Scarface, and The Outlaw...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 December 1905
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.
I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.
This is not the sum total of what the academy will cover. This is a principle,
because I don't remember any script I ever saw in Hollywood as wild or imagination-stretching as this autobiography yarn has turned out to be.
The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.
I wanted to see New York . . . so I tried to see how fast I could do it in.
The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.
A million dollars isn't what it used to be.
We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.
I intend to be, the richest man in the world.
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.
My father told me, never have partners.
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.
Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap.