[last lines] Howard Hughes: [repeating over and over again] The way of the future...
Ava Gardner: You listened to my phone calls? Howard Hughes: No! No! No! Honey I would never do that! I'd never do that! I... I just read the transcripts, that's all.
Katharine Hepburn: Men can't be friends with women Howard. They must posses them or leave them be. It's a primitive urge from caveman days. It's all in Darwin. Hunt the flesh. Kill the flesh. Eat the flesh. That's the, ah, male sex all over.
Howard Hughes: I want ten chocolate chip cookies. Medium chips. None too close to the outside.
Howard Hughes: Does that look clean to you? Ava Gardner: Nothing's clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?
Howard Hughes: You don't care about money because you've always had it.
Katharine Hepburn: What's that on the steering wheel? Howard Hughes: Cellophane. If you had any idea of the crap that people carry around on their hands. Katharine Hepburn: What kind of crap? Howard Hughes: You don't wanna know.
Howard Hughes: Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk.
Doctor: [after detailing Hughes's terrible injuries in the plane crash] He's getting blood transfusions now, but, uh... Noah Dietrich: Whose blood? Doctor: I'm sorry? Noah Dietrich: Whose blood? Doctor: From our stock. Noah Dietrich: Oh, he's not gon...
Howard Hughes: Actresses are cheap in this town, darlin'. And I got a lot of money. Katharine Hepburn: Please, Howard, this is beneath you. Howard Hughes: No no. This is exactly me. You come over here out of the blue and tell me you're leaving me for...
Mrs. Hepburn: We don't care about money here. Howard Hughes: That's because you have it.
Howard Hughes: [pensively weighing options] I could do that. TWA Executive: Do what? Howard Hughes: Buy it. TWA Executive: You wanna *buy* the airline? Howard Hughes: Well why not? We don't want a bunch of pencil-pushers gettin' in the way of us maki...
Jack Frye: So you want me to bribe senators? Howard Hughes: I don't want them bribed, Jack. I want it done legally. I want them bought.
Howard Hughes: Look at me, Kate. Stop acting. Katharine Hepburn: Ha. I'm not acting. Howard Hughes: I wonder if you even know any more. Katharine Hepburn: Don't be unkind.
Howard Hughes: No, wait! Honey, you can't move! You can't move, you're safe here! You're in the germ-free zone now, y'understand? Ava Gardner: I'll take my chances. Howard Hughes: No, no! Honey, wait... wait, uh... [Ava removes the string barriers fr...
Ava Gardner: You don't own me, Howard. I'm not one of your teenage whores and I'm not some damn airplane!
Howard Hughes: Find me some clouds!
