“I love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years ago.”
“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
“The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.”
“One word: Doge.”
“To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games. Nothing like saving the world.”
“There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.”
“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there’s the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it’s like, yeah, he’s sure he can control the demon. Didn’t work out.”
“The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.”
“Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we will make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”
“Every 5000th buyer of our boringly boring hat will get a free hat signed by the delivery guy.”
“You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take a corner of Utah… there’s not much going on there, I’ve been there. There’s not even radio stations.”
“I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.”
“Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”
“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
“When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
“If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic — being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.”
“I’ve always wanted to be part of something that would radically change the world … People forget the power of inspiration. All of humanity went to the moon with the Apollo missions. The issue was cost. There was no chance to build a base and create frequent flights. That’s the problem I would like to solve.”
“I’m personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I’m not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.”
“In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold…”
“We have a strict ‘no a-hole policy’ at SpaceX. And we fire people that are. I mean, we give them a little bit of warning. But if they continue to be an a-hole, then they’re fired.”
“Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time.”
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
“And we need things in life that are exciting and inspiring. It can’t just be about solving some awful problem. There have to be reasons to get up in the morning.”
“Ancient Greece had it all & then committed suicide. Nobody digs your grave better than yourself.”
“To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it’s gone. I think we should establish life on another planet–Mars in particular–but we’re not making very good progress. SpaceX is intended to make that happen.”
“I’m actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger’s to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it. So I won’t make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. But don’t worry, I’m pretty good at running human and emulation mode.”
“Should prob articulate philosophy underlying my actions. It’s pretty simple & mostly influenced by Douglas Adams & Isaac Asimov.”
“There’s nothing — I’ve bought everything I want. I don’t like yachts or anything; you know, I’m not a yacht person, and I’ve got pretty much the nicest plane I’d want to have.”
“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”
“When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.”
“I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems … It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.”
“That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: Vacation will kill you.”
“I don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.”
“Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car.”
“I think that’s the single best piece of advice: Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
“You need to live in a dome initially but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on. … So it’s a fixer-upper of a planet.”
“Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing.”
“Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.”
“If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.”
“I’d like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that’s not just e-mail with a view.”
“You know what, don’t bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”
“I would only call someone an idiot if people were mistakenly under the impression that the person was smart.”
“Taking Twitter private at $54.20 should be up to shareholders, not the board.”
“I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don’t retire before I go senile, then I’ll do more damage than good at that point.”
“I voted for Mayra Flores — first time I ever voted Republican. Massive red wave in 2022.”
“Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.”
“If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive.”
“Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.”
“An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation of a micro black hole, or some as-yet-unknown technology could spell the end of us.”
“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
“For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.”
“You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be… better.”
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
“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.”
“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is a disaster.”
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.”
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
“We have a strict ‘no-assholes policy’ at SpaceX.”
“The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.”
“Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. … Hardly anyone does that, and it’s incredibly helpful.”
“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.”
“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.”
“There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”
“Don’t delude yourself into thinking something’s working when it’s not, or you’re gonna get fixated on a bad solution.”
“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
“Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.”
“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 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.”
“It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don’t know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.”
“I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.”
“Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell.”
“A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.”
“You have to say, ‘Well, why did it succeed where others did not?’”
“People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”
![“Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour workweeks and you’re putting in 100 hour workweeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve.”](https://bststatus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Work-like-hell.-I-mean-you-just-have-to-put-in-80-to-100-hour-weeks-every-week.-This-improves-the-odds-of-success.png)
“Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour workweeks and you’re putting in 100 hour workweeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve.”
“I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.”
“I always have optimism, but I’m realistic. It was not with the expectation of great success that I started Tesla or SpaceX… It’s just that I thought they were important enough to do anyway.”
“I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple’s product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.”
“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 don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time-solving engineering and manufacturing problems.”
“My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone’s talent and not someone’s personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”
“I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”
“When somebody has a breakthrough innovation, it is rarely one little thing. Very rarely, is it one little thing. It’s usually a whole bunch of things that collectively amount to a huge innovation.”
“People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”
“I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.”
“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”
“If something has to be designed and invented, and you have to figure out how to ensure that the value of the thing you create is greater than the cost of the inputs, then that is probably my core skill.”
“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.”
“When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
“If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed”
“I would just question things… It would infuriate my parents… That I wouldn’t just believe them when they said something ’cause I’d ask them why. And then I’d consider whether that response made sense given everything else I knew.”
“I’ve actually not read any books on time management.”
“A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.”
“I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.”
“Life is too short for long-term grudges.”
“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
“Disruptive technology where you really have a big technology discontinuity… tends to come from new companies.”
“I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.”
“What makes innovative thinking happen?… I think it’s really a mindset. You have to decide.”
Welcome to our blog! My name is Yuvraj Kore, and I am a blogger who has been exploring the world of blogging since 2017. It all started back in 2014 when I attended a digital marketing program at college and learned about the intriguing world of blogging.