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.

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

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

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

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.

Money can't buy happiness.

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.