About Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, film maker and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world. As a maverick film producer, Hughes gained prominence in Hollywood from the late 1920s, making big-budget and often controversial films like 'The Racket', 'Hell's... Wikipedia

Born: September 24, 1905, Humble, Texas, U.S.

Died: April 5, 1976, en route from Acapulco, Mexico, to Houston, Texas

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Howard Hughes Quotes

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

~ Howard Hughes

I like to think of Las Vegas in terms of a well-dressed man in a dinner jacket and a beautifully jeweled and furred female getting out of an expensive car.

~ Howard Hughes

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

~ Howard Hughes

My father told me, never have partners.

~ Howard Hughes

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

~ Howard Hughes

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

~ Howard Hughes

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

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