Howard Hughes: Do you know those men? Do they work for me? Noah Dietrich: Everybody works for you, Howard.
Spencer Tracy: Trouble with Mr. Hughes? Katharine Hepburn: There's too much "Howard Hughes" in Howard Hughes. That's the trouble.
[Howard is getting attention after flying around the world in 3 days] Katharine Hepburn: You know, fame is supposed to be *my* turf.
Katharine Hepburn: I've been famous - for better or worse - for a long time now... I wonder if you know what that really means. Howard Hughes: I got my fair share of press on Hell's Angels. I'm used to it. Katharine Hepburn: Are you? Katharine Hepbur...
Howard Hughes: Sometimes I truly fear that I... am losing my mind. And if I did it... it would be like flying blind.
Howard Hughes: Pull back on the wheel a bit. Katharine Hepburn: GOLLY! Howard Hughes: I don't think I've ever met anyone who uses the word Golly.
Howard Hughes: [as Hepburn leaves him] Actresses are cheap in this town - and I got a lot of money.
Ava Gardner: Get that crazy bitch away from me!
Howard Hughes: You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer.
Howard Hughes: That's just what we do in my business.
Noah Dietrich: Get a doctor! No one sees him like this!
[on "The Outlaw"] Glenn Odekirk: Howard, you really think they're gonna let you put out a whole movie just about tits? Howard Hughes: Sure. Who doesn't like tits?
Howard Hughes: What the *hell* does a senator from Maine need to fly to Peru for?
Howard Hughes: I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator.
Howard Hughes: Don't tell me I can't do it; don't tell me it can't be done!
Howard Hughes: I feel like a little adventure. Katharine Hepburn: Do your worst, Mr. Hughes.
Howard Hughes: Will you marry me? Ava Gardner: You're too crazy for me.
Howard Hughes: [talking of Juan Trippe] He owns Pan-Am. He owns Congress. He owns the Civil Aeronautics Board. But he does not own the sky.
