The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn’t even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we’d never have had the light bulb.
ELON MUSKGovernment 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.
More Elon Musk Quotes
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Work like hell.
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Great differences in technology exist in the world about which even hardcore technologists are unaware.
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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
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Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
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Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.
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Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
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Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.
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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 product.
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You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it.
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Give people their freedom back!
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People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
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Elevator music is underrated.
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If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed. No task is too menial.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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Life is too short for long-term grudges.
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