Elon Musk Quotes
"You could power the entire United States with about 050 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take a corner of Utah... there's not much going on there, I've been there. There's not even radio stations.""I'm nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.""It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.""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.""If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic -- being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have be""I've always wanted to be part of something that would radically change the world ... People forget the power of inspiration. All of humanity went to the moon with the Apollo missions. The issue was cost. There was no chance to build a base and create frequ""Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car.""We have a strict 'no a-hole policy' at SpaceX. And we fire people that are. I mean, we give them a little bit of warning. But if they continue to be an a-hole, then they're fired.""Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time.""And we need things in life that are exciting and inspiring. It can't just be about solving some awful problem. There have to be reasons to get up in the morning.""Ancient Greece had it all & then committed suicide. Nobody digs your grave better than yourself.""To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it's gone. I think we should establish life on another planet--Mars in particular--but we're not making very good progress. SpaceX is intended to make that happen.""I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it. So I won't make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. But don't worry, I'm pretty good at running human and emulation mode.""Should prob articulate philosophy underlying my actions. It's pretty simple & mostly influenced by Douglas Adams & Isaac Asimov.""Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.""When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.""I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems ... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.""That's my lesson for taking a vacation: Vacation will kill you.""I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems."