Elon Musk Quotes
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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 was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.
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'Guardian is the most insufferable newspaper on planet Earth.'
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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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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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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.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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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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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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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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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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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.