In the words of Elon Musk:
There's a real opportunity to have a vertical takeoff and landing electric supersonic jet.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380.
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.
Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.
I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.
For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.
When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it.
If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.
What I'm trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.
In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.
The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.
You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents.
In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.
We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.
The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term.
You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.
You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.
I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.
You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure.
Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.
We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.
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