I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it. — Elon Musk Adversity Copy Share Image
Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world. — Elon Musk Change Copy Share Image
Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives. — Elon Musk America Copy Share Image
Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian. — Elon Musk Life Copy Share Image
The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
“I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.” — Elon Musk Time 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 Finance Copy Share Image
You can just reload, propel it and fly again. This is extremely important for revolutionizing access to space because as long as… — Elon Musk Access Copy Share Image
So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I… — Elon Musk Beach Copy Share Image
From an evolutionary standpoint, human consciousness has not been around very long. A little light just went on after four and a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. — Elon Musk Engineering Copy Share Image
The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department.… — Elon Musk Ceo Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on… — Elon Musk Biggest mistake 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 very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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… — Elon Musk Advent 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 Analogies 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 Being successful Copy Share Image
I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You… — Elon Musk Business Copy Share Image
The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but […] once you do that, the rest is really easy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible. — Elon Musk America Copy Share Image
I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy. — Elon Musk Business 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
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale. — Elon Musk Design Copy Share Image
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise,… — Elon Musk Inspirational Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. — Elon Musk Business 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
If I'm not in love, if I'm not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I wish we could be private with Tesla. It actually makes us less efficient to be a public company. — Elon Musk Business Copy Share Image
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable. — Elon Musk Driven Copy Share Image
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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