Elon Musk Quotes

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

I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.

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.

What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually space that's moving.

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which is good.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

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

You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.

I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

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 savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.

Tesla is becoming a real car company.

Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

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

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

The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished.

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.

I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

Great companies are built on great products.

In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.

If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

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

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.

America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.

Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.