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

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

People often mistake technology for a static picture. It's less like a picture and more like a movie. It's the velocity of technology innovation that matters. It's the acceleration.

Great companies are built on great products.

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 something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

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.