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

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.

Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius.

Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

In almost any industry, if you're passionate about doing a great job and making people that buy your product or service as happy as possible, it's really fulfilling.

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