Elon Musk Quotes
"Trying to build a company and have it succeed is like eating glass and staring into the abyss""Constantly seek criticism A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold""If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you're putting in 100 hour work weeks you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve""We’re running the most dangerous experiment in history right now which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe""Our goal is to create a self-sustaining city on Mars""Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it especially from friends""Don't delude yourself into thinking something's working when it's not or you're gonna get fixated on a bad solution""When something is important enough you do it even if the odds are not in your favor""I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.""We're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.""The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it’s going to become multiplanetary, or it’s going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there’s going to be an extinction event.""Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.""There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.""Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.""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.""If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not. ""The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.""In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were like a cell communicating by diffusion, now we are like a multicellular organism with a nervous system. This is an unprecedented good.""I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.""My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70 million in Tesla, and $10 million in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent."
