What I'm trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — 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
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
There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering. — 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'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me. — Elon Musk 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 Copy Share Image
Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The thing that's worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe… — Elon Musk 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
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
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
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 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 Image
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — 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 how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool. — 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 would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
