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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Money can't buy happiness.

The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.

We were more alike than any of the others, neither of us quite human and both hated by the two species we drifted between.

Individuality should not translate to narcissism. Realizing the strength of individuality is an accomplishment while being narcissistic is a failure.

I'm always doing comedy and will never hit up a 9-to-5 desk job.

CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world.

I never quite trust futurists because I think they're kind of telling us what they think our future should be.

I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.

If at first you don't succeed...run.

Resistance really takes the shape, for me, in voices in my head telling me why I can't do something or why I should put it off for another day, procrastinate for another day.