Elon Musk Quotes
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What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't there, we'd be a frozen ice ball at three degrees Kelvin, and the sun powers the entire system of precipitation. The whole ecosystem is solar-powered.
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Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
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Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars.
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The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries.
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I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.
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When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
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I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.
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It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere.
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If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don't do your chores, the company won't succeed. No task is too menial.
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Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not rockets. So we must solve this problem in order to become a space-faring civilization.
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My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
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For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.
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I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven't seen as much innovation.
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Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.
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The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.
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If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.
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It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
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The thing that's worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning. And, you know, try and enjoy yourself. Because, actually, life's pretty good. It really is.
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The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.
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The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.
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Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
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I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
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With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon. Didn't work out.
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Don't be afraid of new arenas.
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Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally be the House. It's fine to gamble, as long as you're the House. Also, listen to critical feedback, particularly from friends. Generally they will be thinking it but they won't tell you.
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I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.
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It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if they had to burn the ships after every trip.
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Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.
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There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.
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