The Best Elon Musk Quotes.

Here are some of the best Elon Musk quotes. Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Solarcity. He is a self-made billionaire and is a true entrepreneur.

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” ~Elon Musk

“I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents.” ~Elon Musk

“The United States is literally a distillation of the human spirit of exploration. This is a land of adventurers.” ~Elon Musk

“Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free.” ~Elon Musk

“Boeing and Lockheed just want their cost-plus gravy trains. You just can’t get to Mars with that system. They have an incentive never to finish. If you never finish a cost-plus contract, then you suckle on the tit of the government forever.” ~Elon Musk

“People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.” ~Elon Musk

“Man has the power to act as his own destroyer – and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.” ~Elon Musk

“To have a base on Mars would be incredibly difficult, and people will probably die along the way, just as happened in the settling of the United States. But it will be incredibly inspiring, and we must have inspiring things in the world.” ~Elon Musk

“I couldn’t think of anything more exciting, more fun, more inspiring for the future, than to have a base on Mars. It would be incredibly difficult and probably lots of people will die and terrible and great things will happen along the way, just as happened in the formation of the United States.” ~Elon Musk

“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.” ~Elon Musk

“This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.” ~Elon Musk

“If all your competitors are banding together to attack you, that’s like a very sincere compliment.” ~Elon Musk

“In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division and hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.” ~Elon Musk

“There were times when I didn’t leave the factory for three or four days — days when I didn’t go outside. This has really come at the expense of seeing my kids. And seeing friends.” ~Elon Musk

“If Elon Musk is wrong about artificial intelligence and we regulate it who cares. If he is right about AI and we don’t regulate it we will all care.” ~Dave Waters

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“It is important in this often difficult and troubled world for there to be things that also inspire and make you feel great to be part of humanity.” ~Elon Musk

“I’ve spent a lot of time in China and met with the leadership many times. … The sheer number of really smart, hardworking people in China is incredible. There’s far more of them there than there are here, in my opinion. And they’ve got a lot of energy.” ~Elon Musk

“Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever. Like my dad.” ~Elon Musk

“I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.” ~Elon Musk

“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.” ~Elon Musk

“I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.” ~Elon Musk

“Science is discovering the essential truths about what exists in the Universe, engineering is about creating things that never existed.” ~Elon Musk

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.” ~Elon Musk

“The duty of a leader is to serve their people, not for the people to serve them.” ~Elon Musk

“The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I’d be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.” ~Elon Musk

“Don’t delude yourself into thinking something’s working when it’s not, or you’re gonna get fixated on a bad solution.” ~Elon Musk

“Listening to Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking talk about artificial intelligence reminds me of the Jurassic Park scene where they talk about chaos theory.” ~Dave Waters

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“It’s very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.” ~Elon Musk

“You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be… better.” ~Elon Musk

“Are you contributing more than you consume?” ~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.” ~Elon Musk

“I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.” ~Elon Musk

“I’m generally against things that are anti-meritocratic or where there’s an attempt to suppress discussion, where even discussing a topic is not allowed. Woke-mind virus is communism rebranded.” ~Elon Musk

“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.” ~Elon Musk