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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People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

Elon Musk

I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

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If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they've done on the Shanghai line in China, and if we had a straight path from L.A. to San Francisco, as well as the milk run, at least that would be progress.

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.

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The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished.

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Here in the West, people often don't like listening to their leaders, even if they are right.

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I'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.

Elon Musk

It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today.

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If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

Elon Musk

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

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I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

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Great companies are built on great products.

Elon Musk

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

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I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.

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Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business...

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Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

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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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In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business.

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I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company...

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I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.

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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

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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