2. I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.
3. I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
4. 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.
5. When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.-Elon Musk
6. Life is too short for long-term grudges.
7. Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
8. Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
9. 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.
10. If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure.
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11. 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.
12. 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.
13. I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good.
14. Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
15. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
16. It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
17. When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
18. 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.
19. I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.
20. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
21. 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.
22. Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold.
23. If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
24. People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
25. I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.
26. I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.
27. 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.
28. In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.
29. Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
30. If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.