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Elon Musk Inspirational Quotes (131)

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Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.
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Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.
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In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business.
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It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.
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Humans need to be a multiplanet species.
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I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
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I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself.
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For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.
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I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.
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When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it.
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When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have said less than 50%. I would have said that failure is the most likely outcome.
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You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that area would typically generate more power than that nuclear power plant.
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In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.
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If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive.
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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.
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I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species. Thirty years from now, there'll be a base on the moon and on Mars, and people will be going back and forth on SpaceX rockets.
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I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.
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We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.
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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold
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The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term.
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You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.
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Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.
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