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

Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from the perspective, 'What's the best way to make money?'

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

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere.

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

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.