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Quotes by Entrepreneur
"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
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"Obstacles are just opportunities in disguise."
229
"You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve."
176
"If it's important enough, you'll make the time."
171
"I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
138
"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss."
134
"Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson."
131
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
116
"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."
115
"I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and make them right."
114
"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."
112
"I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I just try to think about the future and not be sad"
108
"If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed."
107
"Take risks now and do something bold. You won't regret it."
100
"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."
95
"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."
94
"If you're not failing, you're not innovating enough."
92
"You should take the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong."
88
"I'm trying to think about the future and not be sad."
83
"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
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"Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you're doing is as valuable as gold."
77
"I'd like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."
77
"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."
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"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."
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"Any product that needs a manual to work is broken."
76
"If you're not progressing, you're falling behind."
76
"If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me."
75
"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."
74
"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."
73
"My philosophy is to make things that are important and to do them right."
72
"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."
71
"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."
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"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
69
"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."
69
"Social Media = Business. Period."
68
"I think life on Earth must be more than just solving problems. It must be about having a purpose."
67
"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."
67
"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."
67
"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."
67
"Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done."
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"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."
66
"Never compare your beginning to someone else's middle."
66
"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."
66
"I think we should explore the possibility of life on Mars, and make humanity a multi-planetary species."
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"Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently."
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"The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event."
62
"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
61
"Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world."
61
"I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is."
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