Elon Musk

"I think it's important to have strong opinions."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

"I think the best way to predict the future is to invent it."

"I think adversity is good for you."

"I love the sound of innovation in the morning."

"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will follow."

"I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

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

"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."

"You should take the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to find out in what way you're wrong."

"Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique is as valuable as gold."

"I think that's the future. It's like a nanoscale problem that needs to be solved."

"The key to making software reliable is to avoid having bugs to begin with."

"Good ideas are not as rare as good execution."

"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future."

"Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour work weeks every week."

"The pain level increases until you change course or die. That's the problem."

"We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much CO2 we can add to the atmosphere."

"Optimism, pessimism, f*** that; we're going to make it happen."

"The odds of me coming into the middle of the James Webb Space Telescope were pretty low in the first place."

"I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy."

"If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion."

"I don't think it's a good idea to plan to burn the lifeboats, but I think it's a good idea to have a plan."

"Mars is looking quite fertile for life right now."

"I'm semi-retired. I'm not trying to make money, I'm trying to make a difference."

"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It's important that people show up to work fulfilled."

"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."

"Patience is a virtue, but there's a limit."

"I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future."