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Tesla is becoming a real car company.
I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
Great companies are built on great products.
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that.
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
I do think there should be some regulations on AI.
Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
The factory is the machine that builds the machine.
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
I've actually not read any books on time management.
America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.
We are the first species capable of self-annihilation.
As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot.
I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.
You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.
I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.
That's my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.
My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.
I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.
The pace of progress on Mars depends upon the pace of progress of SpaceX.
Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.
I will never be happy without having someone. Going to sleep alone kills me.
I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.
If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.
If I'm not in love, if I'm not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.
If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
I've been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I'm getting really tired of Disneyland.
I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.
I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.
I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure.
I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.
The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale.
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.
In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.
If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive.
In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.