The Aviator Quotes

Oh, a box of trash! You shouldn't have.

The way of the future...

I want ten chocolate chip cookies. Medium chips. None too close to the outside.

Howard Hughes : Do you know those men? Do they work for me?
Noah Dietrich : Everybody works for you, Howard.

I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator.

Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints... show me all the blueprints... show me all the blueprints... show me all the blueprints...

Howard, there's a rather alarming mountain heading our way.

Can't you just eat ice cream out of a bowl, like everyone else?

Let me take the wheel.

Get that crazy bitch away from me!

Mrs. Hepburn : We don't care about money here.
Howard Hughes : That's because you have it.

You don't care about money because you've always had it.

What the hell does a senator from Maine need to fly to Peru for?

Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk.

Don't tell me I can't do it; don't tell me it can't be done!

Sometimes I truly fear that I... am losing my mind. And if I did it... it would be like flying blind.

You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer.

Find me some clouds!

That's just what we do in my business.

I care very much about aviation.

I'm in a street fight, and I'm not going to lose.

Little Howard likes citrus.

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.

You know, fame is supposed to be my turf.

You don't own me, Howard. I'm not one of your teenage whores and I'm not some damn airplane!

You can't buy me, Howard, so stop trying. Don't buy me any more diamonds or sapphires or any other damn thing. You can buy me dinner...