For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!

If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned.

We're working to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system. Accomplishing this mission will take time, and we're working on it methodically.

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.

Are you lazy or just incompetent?

One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting.

What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.