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 wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.

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I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity ...

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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.

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In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.

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If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

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The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event.

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Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.

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I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.

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I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

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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 ...

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Life is too short for long-term grudges.

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Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

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I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

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There have only been about a half dozen genuinely important events in the four-billion-year saga of life on Earth: single-celled life, multicelled life, differentiation into plants and animals, movement of animals from water to land, and the advent o...

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Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

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In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a [?], like a collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a ...

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It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.

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My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.

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SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.

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Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

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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