If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they've done on the Shanghai line in China,… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
There's no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there's such an incredible well of talent and capital… — Elon Musk Better place Copy Share Image
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if… — Elon Musk America Copy Share Image
The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you… — 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 Age Copy Share Image
It is despairing to consider that the cost and reliability of access to space have barely changed since the Apollo era over… — Elon Musk Access Copy Share Image
The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the… — Elon Musk Climate Copy Share Image
It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Target launch date for Falcon I maiden flight is Halloween(October 31) from our island launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll. For potential… — Elon Musk Complexes 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
Generally, the view that I've had on Twitter is if you're on Twitter, you're in, like, the meme - you're in meme… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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… — Elon Musk Emotion 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 Business Copy Share Image
With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's just mind-blowingly awesome. I apologize, and I wish I was more articulate, but it's hard to be articulate when your mind's… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I don't think very highly of Henrik Fisker. [...H]e thinks the reason we don't have electric cars is for lack of styling — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is true that SpaceX is partially a government contractor, but it would be unfair to say that SpaceX is entirely a… — Elon Musk Government Copy Share Image
You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which… — Elon Musk Communication Copy Share Image
Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
There's nothing - I've bought everything I want. I don't like yachts or anything; you know, I'm not a yacht person, and… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don't… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take… — Elon Musk Advancement Copy Share Image
If you don't have sustainable energy, you have unsustainable energy. The fundamental value of a company like Tesla is the degree to… — Elon Musk Company Copy Share Image
Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of… — Elon Musk Best way Copy Share Image
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right… — Elon Musk Baking Copy Share Image
I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not… — Elon Musk Autopilot Copy Share Image
I'm increasingly inclined to think there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure… — Elon Musk Artificial intelligence 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 think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This… — Elon Musk Attention Copy Share Image
The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight… — Elon Musk Climate 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 Constantly thinking Copy Share Image
Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find… — Elon Musk Climate Copy Share Image
The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image