Elon Musk Quotes

United States, Businessman
June 28, 1971

Elon Reeve Musk FRS ( born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate and investor. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder and CEO of Neuralink; and co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People. As of August 2018, he has a net worth of $19.8 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 46th-richest person in the world.

The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb.

Elon Musk
- Why
- Light
- Space
My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.

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- Up
- Father
- Environment

I think South Africa is a great country.

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

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- Good
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.

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- Trying
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

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- Die
There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

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- Failure
- Silly
- Option
The probability of death is quite high on the first human mission to Mars.

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- High
- Death

I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.

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- Fear
Which means we’re cheaper than the Chinese, cheaper than the Russians or anywhere else – and we’re doing it in the United States with American labour costs.

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- American
- Chinese
I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.

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- People
We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.

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- World
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

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- Important
- Failure
I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.

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