472 Quotes by elon musk

Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but […] once you do that, the rest is really easy.

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it's like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there.

Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius.

The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.