Quotes by Elon Musk

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.

I hate when people confuse education with intelligence. You can have a bachelor's degree and still be an idiot.

I've actually not read any books on time management.

I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

Great companies are built on great products.

Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

In the distant future, people may outlaw driving cars because it’s too dangerous. You can’t have a person driving a two-ton death machine.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

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

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a... collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a nervous system. It's a hugely impactful thing.

Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately.

Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.