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

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" We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe. "

" If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilisations. "

" There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. "

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

" What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't there, we'd be a frozen ice ball at three degrees Kelvin, and the sun powers the entire system of precipitation. The whole ecosystem is solar-powered. "

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

" Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups. "

" Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do. "

" SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people. "

" 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'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax. "

" 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. "

" In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. "

" It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will. "

" Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement. "

" The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S. "

" 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. "

" I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration. "

" It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually space that's moving. "

" 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. "

" I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. "

" 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. "

" Any product that needs a manual to work is broken. "

" A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery. "

" Great companies are built on great products. "

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

" 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 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. "

" Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done. "