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" I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor. "

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" Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. "

" Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least. "

" I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?' "

" My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars. "

" 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. "

" The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor. "

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

" I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do. "

" In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business. "

" 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 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. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. "

" It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car. "

" If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive. "

" Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. "

" Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed. "

" My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don't have to carry the return fuel when you go there. "

" If you don't have sustainable energy, you have unsustainable energy. The fundamental value of a company like Tesla is the degree to which it accelerates the advent of sustainable energy faster than it would otherwise occur. "

" I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. "

" The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff. "

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" The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad. "

" I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA. "

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

" For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times. "

" I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever. "

" 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. "

" Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry. "

" 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. "