Quotes by Elon Musk

About Elon Musk:

Elon Reeve Musk is a South African-born, American business magnate, entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity.
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I've been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I'm getting really tired of Disneyland.

Elon Musk

My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don't have to carry the return fuel when you go there.

Elon Musk

I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.

Elon Musk

Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed.

Elon Musk

I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.

Elon Musk

A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.

Elon Musk

You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.

Elon Musk

It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually space that's moving.

Elon Musk

The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.

Elon Musk

The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

Elon Musk

Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.

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With DNA, you have to be able to tell which genes are turned on or off. Current DNA sequencing cannot do that. The next generation of DNA sequencing needs to be able to do this. If somebody invents this, then we can start to very precisely identify c...

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I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

Elon Musk

There's nothing - I've bought everything I want. I don't like yachts or anything; you know, I'm not a yacht person, and I've got pretty much the nicest plane I'd want to have.

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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...

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From an evolutionary standpoint, human consciousness has not been around very long. A little light just went on after four and a half billion years. How often does that happen? Maybe it is quite rare.

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Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars.

Elon Musk

I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.

Elon Musk

I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don't use them.

Elon Musk

What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

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I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.

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Author Bio

  • NameElon Musk
  • Descriptionentrepreneur and inventor from South Africa
  • AliasesElon Reeve Musk; Musk; Elon R. Musk
  • BornJune 28, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America; South Africa
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Business Magnate; Aerospace Engineer; Engineer; Inventor; Businessperson