It's not realistic in the sense that I am the largest shareholder in the company, i can just call for a shareholder vote and get anything done that I want. Elon Musk More Quotes by Elon Musk More Quotes From Elon Musk Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement. Elon Musk designmindyears You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse. Elon Musk expectingwantinspirational You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it. Elon Musk entrepreneurshipwantinspirational You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be... better. Elon Musk differentinspirationalneeds Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from the people. Sometimes people forget that that's really what occurs. Elon Musk governmentmeanpeople I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that. So we need to be very careful...With artificial intelligence we're summoning the demon. Elon Musk existentialneedsthinking That's my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you. Elon Musk vacationlessons One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to. Elon Musk viewstreeadvice When people really understand it's do or die [and] if we work hard and pull through, it's going to be a great outcome; people will give it everything they've got. Elon Musk hard-workgivingpeople I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people. Elon Musk smartmeanbook Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death. Elon Musk entrepreneurglassesinspirational I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure. Elon Musk expectations 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. Elon Musk caketryinginspirational The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but […] once you do that, the rest is really easy. Elon Musk toughaskseasy People often mistake technology for a static picture. It's less like a picture and more like a movie. It's the velocity of technology innovation that matters. It's the acceleration. Elon Musk technologymistakepeople I could either watch it happen or be a part of it. Elon Musk happensinspirationalwatches I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don't use them. Elon Musk hateusewriting America is the spirit of human exploration distilled. Elon Musk spiritinspirationalamerica The thing that's worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning. And, you know, try and enjoy yourself. Because, actually, life's pretty good. It really is. Elon Musk understandingworryappreciation For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never. Elon Musk i-will-never-give-upgiving-upmean
