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

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.

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

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.

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.

We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.

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

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

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

The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.

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

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.

The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.

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.

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

I'm not a paranoid derranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.

My father told me, never have partners.

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