Elon Musk

"The future is exciting when you can affect it."

"If you need investors' approval to do the right thing, you're not on the right ship."

"I think it's very important to be aspirational, ambitious, and creative."

"The degree of freedom that we have as individuals is very different than people think."

"Creating a new car from scratch is profoundly difficult."

"If you had to summarize my job, it's to make the future exciting."

"I don't think anybody should get complacent about anything."

"Silicon Valley is no longer the epicenter of innovation."

"I think we're at a turning point in human civilization."

"The best part of being a CEO is making a few key decisions."

"You have to be willing to fail massively."

"I think if you hire people just out of school, you'll advance the furthest."

"It is important that we think about these things rationally."

"My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something meaningful."

"If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to make sure the ideas have clear leadership."

"The key insight is that you want to hire people who want to build the best possible things."

"You have to have a feedback loop where you're constantly thinking about what you've done."

"Humanity is going to become a multi-planet species or it will be extinct."

"I think it's important to question things that appear obvious."

"I think the probable outcome is that we end up with a sort of global governance."

"Making life multi-planetary is important for long-term survival."

"I think we should promote people who are technically strong but also have the ability to communicate."

"If something has to be designed and something has to be learned, then you hire people who are adaptable."

"Being an engineer is a wonderful thing. We create the future."

"The world needs revolutionary change, not incremental change."

"If you want to improve, you have to be open to criticism."

"I think most people can learn to do almost anything if they put in the effort."

"It's very important to be selective about your friends and employees."

"I think it's important to make things that are both practical and creative."

"The goal should be to minimize suffering and maximize well-being."