#howard

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#flying #god #his #howard #howard hughes

I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#also #curse #dealing #did #everything

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#born #howard #howard hughes #hughes #i

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#drag #howard #into #johnson #main

Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to light, but he left them a gift they had not conceived and he lifted darkness from the face of the Earth. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#integrity #objectivism #integrity

I used to know Brian Howard well -- a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very dangerous -- constantly attacking people with his fists in public places -- so I kept clear of him. He was consumptive but the immediate cause of his death was a broken heart. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#broken-heart #consumption #poets #young-men #death