Elon Musk says

“I could go and buy one of the islands in the Bahamas and turn it into my personal fiefdom, but I am much more interested in trying to build and create a new company.”

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“Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”

“Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.”

“I've actually not read any books on time management.”

“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

“Never chase the next hot thing. Stop trying to chase the wave. You will never catch it. You always for the most part find out about that stuff too late. Instead, do what you are really passionate about, what you really love. That will position you before the wave even hits, and you will find out about whatever it is before the wave starts, before it gets hot, and that is how you take advantage.”

“I am not normally an advocate of regulation and oversight… I think one should generally err on the side of minimizing those things… but this is a case where you have a very serious danger to the public.”

“I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing tht makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”

“There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

“If you buy a ticket to hell, it isn't fair to blame hell.”