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
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I… — Elon Musk Failure 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 Business Copy Share Image
If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I have made the mistaken assumption - and I will attempt to be better at this - of thinking that because somebody… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. — Elon Musk Advice Copy Share Image
If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The problem with car dealerships is you've already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you're really… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Don’t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that it’s good to think in terms of the physics approach… — Elon Musk Analogies Copy Share Image
The X is an amazing car, but we kind of got carried away with the art and technology. Obviously, you want great… — Elon Musk Amazing Copy Share Image
With DNA, you have to be able to tell which genes are turned on or off. Current DNA sequencing cannot do that.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. — Elon Musk Analogies Copy Share Image
The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think whenever something is - whenever there's something that affects the public good, then there does need to be some form… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We polled Tesla owners, do you want autopilot disabled or not. Not one person wanted it disabled. That's pretty telling. — Elon Musk Autopilot Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's really incumbent upon us as life's agents to extend life to another planet. I think that being a multi-planet species will… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive. — 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
My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars -… — 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
On one of the SpaceX flights, we had a secret payload: a wheel of cheese. We flew to orbit and brought it… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I like the word 'autopilot' more than I like the word 'self-driving.' 'Self-driving' sounds like it's going to do something you don't… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it… — Elon Musk Earth 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 just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more… — 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
You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to… — Elon Musk Biofuels Copy Share Image
You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
