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Elon Musk

(1971) Financier

284 quotes in 1304 categories

A $60,000 electric Civic that nobody wants to buy shows how price shapes desire, while a $90,000 electric sports car can attract buyers. Musk warns that artificial intelligence may become our biggest existential threat and urges caution. He also points out that many people underestimate their ability to learn and that a company’s success rests on excited, capable people.

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Elon Musk is a financier.

Quick Facts About Elon Musk

Born: June 28, 1971
Profession: Financier

About Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and former public official who serves as CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX. He has been the world’s richest person since 2025 and was estimated to be worth $1 trillion in June 2026.

Quotes by Elon Musk

You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.

Greenhouse gases

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Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.

Funny

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As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot.

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America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

America

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“If you need inspiration, don't do it.”

Inspiration

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I do think there should be some regulations on AI.

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My family fears that the Russians will assassinate me.

Family

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

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Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.

Communication

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Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time

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You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.

Inspirational

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“I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I just try to think about the future and not be sad”

Inspirational

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I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good.

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That's my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.

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

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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 think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the…

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Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors.…

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The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to…

Beauty

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If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad…

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A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly…

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I always see what’s... wrong. Would you want that? When I see a car or a rocket or spacecraft, I only see…

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Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Good heart

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And we need things in life that are exciting and inspiring. It can't just be about solving some awful problem. There have…

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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…

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Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally…

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Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric…

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I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better…

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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…

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A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and…

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The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also…

Auto industry

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The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me. A company is a…

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Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is…

Analysis

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I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.

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Humans need to be a multiplanet species.

Humans

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Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

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Don't be afraid of new arenas.

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It's a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work.

Fixer

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For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.

Giving

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I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

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Elon Musk by topic

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