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.
ELON MUSKIf 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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Math jokes have a small audience.
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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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We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.
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Humans need to be a multiplanet species.
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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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Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
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Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
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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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The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me.
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Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
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That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.
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It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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When people really understand it’s do or die . If we work hard and pull through, it’s going to be a great outcome; people will give it everything they’ve got.
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Weighing too much on someone’s talent and not someone’s personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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