Elon Musk

If you look at space companies, they’ve failed either because they’ve had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.

Elon Musk

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it’s always expensive.

Elon Musk

If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.

Elon Musk

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

Elon Musk

It’s ok to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Elon Musk

It’s really incumbent upon us as life’s agents to extend life to another planet. I think that being a multi-planet species will significantly increase the richness and scope of the human experience.

Elon Musk

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

Elon Musk

My opinion is it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

Elon Musk

Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car.

Elon Musk

Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.

Elon Musk