Elon Musk Trying Quotations

I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.

What I'm trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.

Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.

What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

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

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.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

I'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.