I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator.
Howard Hughes
Leonardo DiCaprio · 37 quotes
Katharine Hepburn
Cate Blanchett · 7 quotes
Noah Dietrich
John C. Reilly · 7 quotes
Ava Gardner
Kate Beckinsale · 3 quotes
Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster
Alan Alda · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Howard Hughes & Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster (3), Howard Hughes & Ava Gardner (3)
The Aviator quotes
Page 3 of 4If the Hercules does not fly, I will leave America and never come back again, and I mean it.
Now I'm glad Jack is feeling so sunny about this, but I've seen the books. Now, I'm not just crying wolf this time; we're in serious trouble! You've gotta make a choice. You want to be bankrupted by the big plane or by the big airline?
Now, it's been a great ride. We've had a hell of a lot of fun. But you're losing $25,000 a day doing this. Every day.
Orange juice has... nutritional value. Flies outside the window, though. Little Howard loves orange juice, doesn't he just?
Orange juice has... nutritional value. There's some... flies... outside the window. Little Howard likes... citrus. Don't he just.
Quarantine. Q-u-a-r-a-n-t-i-n-e. Quarantine.
She'll go faster.
Show me all the blueprints.
Sometimes I truly fear that I... am losing my mind. And if I did it... it would be like flying blind.
Tell Jimmy I want ten chocolate chip cookies, medium chips, none too close to the outside.
Tell Juan Trippe something for me. Tell him thanks for the flowers. And he can kiss... both sides... of my ass.
The way of the future.
The XF-11! She's a spy-plane really. Designed every inch of her myself. She's got a top speed of 350 which means she can outrun anything they throw against her. Yeah, after the Japs stole my H-1 design for their goddamn Zeroes I figure I'd better do 'em one better. Yeah, she's my Buck Rogers ship.
There's too much Howard Hughes in Howard Hughes. That's the trouble.