472 Quotes by elon musk

I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.

Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. … Hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot.

You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.

I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don't use them.

There's a real opportunity to have a vertical takeoff and landing electric supersonic jet.

Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.

The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.