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" Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian. "

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" Here in the West, people often don't like listening to their leaders, even if they are right. "

" 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. "

" In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution. "

" 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. "

" So we originally expected to make about 35 gigawatt hours at the cell level and about 50 gigawatt hours at the module or pack level. Now we are expecting to do about 150 gigawatt hours in the same volumetric space as the original design. "

" 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. "

" With DNA, you have to be able to tell which genes are turned on or off. Current DNA sequencing cannot do that. The next generation of DNA sequencing needs to be able to do this. If somebody invents this, then we can start to very precisely identify cures for diseases. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world. "

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" If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think. "

" 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. "

" Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives. "

" I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company. "

" 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. "

" 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 think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people. "

" The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative. "

" I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google. "

" You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases. "

" If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. "

" 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. "

" Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that. "

" 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've been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I'm getting really tired of Disneyland. "

" 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. "

" Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it. "

" I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done. "