“Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.”

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.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it’s always expensive.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

Run a physics sim long enough & you’ll get intelligence.

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.

That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!

Great companies are built on great products.

Don’t be afraid of new arenas.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!

Great companies are built on great products.

Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?

No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.

My family always gave me love and accompanied me in each of my challenges.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.