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Quotes by Entrepreneur
"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
400
"Obstacles are just opportunities in disguise."
202
"If it's important enough, you'll make the time."
150
"You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve."
145
"I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
125
"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss."
123
"Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson."
123
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
106
"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."
106
"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not."
104
"If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed."
97
"I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I just try to think about the future and not be sad"
92
"The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad."
89
"Take risks now and do something bold. You won't regret it."
88
"If you're not failing, you're not innovating enough."
84
"My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent."
80
"You should take the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong."
76
"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
74
"Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you're doing is as valuable as gold."
72
"Any product that needs a manual to work is broken."
70
"I'd like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."
70
"If you're not progressing, you're falling behind."
69
"Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it."
68
"If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me."
66
"I'm trying to think about the future and not be sad."
65
"We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe."
63
"People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy."
62
"My philosophy is to make things that are important and to do them right."
61
"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."
60
"What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone."
60
"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."
60
"It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to."
60
"Social Media = Business. Period."
59
"I think life on Earth must be more than just solving problems. It must be about having a purpose."
59
"If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation."
59
"I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and make them right."
58
"Never compare your beginning to someone else's middle."
57
"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
56
"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
55
"I like the word 'autopilot' more than I like the word 'self-driving.' 'Self-driving' sounds like it's going to do something you don't want it to do. 'Autopilot' is a good thing to have in planes, and we should have it in cars."
55
"Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done."
54
"I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do."
53
"The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced."
53
"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working."
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"Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently."
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"When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world."
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"We can see, so we are always blind to things deeper than skin."
51
"Great companies are built on great products."
51
"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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