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.
Elon MuskThe space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb.
Elon MuskThere are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.
Elon MuskThe only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me. A company is a group of people organized to create a product or service, and that product or service is only as good as the people in the company - and how excited they are about creating it. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. Without them, I would have accomplished very little. I just happen to be the face of the companies.
Elon MuskFacebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed.
Elon MuskIf anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.
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