You should be innovating so fast that you’re invalidating your prior patents.
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I always like going South; somehow, it feels like going downhill.
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I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.
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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.
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Work like hell.
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I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.
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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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I read books and talked to people. I mean that’s kind of how one learns anything. There’s lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.
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Innovation comes in many ways.
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Run a physics sim long enough & you’ll get intelligence.
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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.
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
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That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.
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You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
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We should be excited about the future & striving to go beyond the horizon!
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The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.
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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.
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When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
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Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
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Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.
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If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.
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You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.
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Humans need to be a multiplanet species.
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I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.
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