If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.
America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.
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.
Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
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.
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
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.
I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.
I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product tech...
The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who...
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a produc...
A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage.
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.
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,...
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 extinct...
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.