“Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.”

We should be excited about the future & striving to go beyond the horizon!

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Physics is a good framework for thinking. Boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there.

A company is a group of people organized to create a product or service, and that product or service is only as good as the people in the company.

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.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

Best place to view is from the beach. Excitement guaranteed!

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

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.

There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured.

You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be better.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.

Elevator music is underrated.

In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.

We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Government is the people’s business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

When we point to obstacles we inhibit progress. When we offer solutions we advance.

The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know.

I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people’s eyes.

If you actually do something you love it’s a lot easier and takes on a lot more purpose.