Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.

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.

Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied.

I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.

It’s called ”being an artist” for a reason

No matter how long you behest, to the fruit draped tree. It will do you no best, until a shingle you free.

We want a fresh start only because we didn’t sufficiently care for the last fresh start.

The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.

Books keep the mind active. Without them, complacency is a huge danger.

I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong Latin component to it.

Canada is a broad land - broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse.

Activism is not a journey to the corner store. It is a plunge into the unknown. The future is always dark.