You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Here in the West, people often don't like listening to their leaders, even if they are right. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
People often mistake technology for a static picture. It's less like a picture and more like a movie. It's the velocity of… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
People will buy the car just because it's a great car. We want them to think it's excellent value for money and… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We have a strict 'no a-hole policy' at SpaceX. And we fire people they are. I mean, we give them a little… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When people really understand it's do or die [and] if we work hard and pull through, it's going to be a great… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me. A company is a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be part of something that would radically change the world. . . . People forget the power of… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Let's think beyond the normal stuff and have an environment where that sort of thinking is encouraged and rewarded and where it's… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made,… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We could definitely make a flying car - but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
In almost any industry, if you're passionate about doing a great job and making people that buy your product or service as… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Particularly Instagram, people look like they have a much better life than they really do. People basically seem like they are way… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably… — Elon Musk Copy Share
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share
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. — Elon Musk Copy Share
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed… — Elon Musk Copy Share
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's… — Elon Musk Copy Share
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share
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