Howard Hughes — "I want the whole room sealed off. No one gets in or out."

"I want to buy up all the television stations."

"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 …"

"The man in charge turns the valve in the bathtub on, using his bare hands to do so. He also adjusts the water temperature so that it is not too hot nor too cold. He then takes one of the brushes, and,…"

"I'm not interested in money. I'm interested in the things money can buy."

"The way to make a small fortune in the movies is to start with a large fortune."