Elon Musk
South Africa Businessman, Born in Pretoria, June 28, 1971
“The first step is to establish that something is possible then probability will occur.”
“Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold.”
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
“I take the position that I'm always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong.”
“We can't have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That's crazy. You can't have more types of fake news than real news. That's allowing public deception to go unchecked. That's crazy.”
“Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.”
“In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.”
“Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.”
“I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.”
“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
“If something is important enough, you should try even if the probable outcome is failure.”
“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon? Doesn't work out.”
“Working hard to make useful products & services for your fellow humans is deeply morally good.”.”
“Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product..”
“If something is important enough, you do it even if the odds aren't in your favor.”
“We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.”
