The question companies have to ask, or governments have to ask is, where do we allow crazy ideas to bubble up? Because if there is a failure, what happens? Someone gets blame. There's a lawsuit, there's a congressional investigation. And so, those things shut down the creative engine.

We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy.

The idea of a young thin woman who weighs 100 pounds driving herself around in a 4,000 pound SUV is laughable.

Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

The first trillionaire can be made in space.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space?