Elon Musk Quotes
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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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In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.
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The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.
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I think South Africa is a great country.
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I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.
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Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.
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Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.
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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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The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries.
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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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We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.
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The probability of death is quite high on the first human mission to Mars.
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If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
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I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.