Elon Musk

From an evolutionary standpoint, human consciousness has not been around very long. A little light just went on after four and a half billion years. How often does that happen? Maybe it is quite rare. ”

You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on... So it's a fixer-upper of a planet. ”

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. ”

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 you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive. ”

I've been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I'm getting really tired of Disneyland. ”

You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases. ”

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times. ”

It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will. ”

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive. ”