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

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

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

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

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

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.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

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

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

Mean people suck

A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian.

I don't want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.

I'm not going to use nukes, but I'm not taking cards off the table.

Before we give the government any more money, show us some receipts.

It seems like there are always gatekeepers. People between you and the people who are moved by your work. They often make a beautiful thing creepy.

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind

Dancing is my obsession. My life.

The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.