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 with my own hands.

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

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

I am determined to elect a president of our choosing this year and one who will be deeply indebted, and who will recognize his indebtedness. Since I am willing to go beyond all limitations on this, I think we should be able to select a candidate and a party who knows the facts of political life....If we select Nixon, then he, I know for sure knows the facts of life.

I put the sweat of my life into this project, and if it's a failure, I'll leave the country and never come back.

I intend to be, the richest man in the world.

A million dollars isn't what it used to be.