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"Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve."
"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
"I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years."
"Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."
"Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold"
"Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is wishful thinking, so the challenge to entrepreneurs is telling what's the difference between really believing in your ideals and sticking to them as opposed to pursuing some unrealistic dream that doesn't actually have merit, be very rigorous in your self analysis, certainly being extremely tenacious, and just work like hell. Put in 80-100 hours every week. All these things improves the odds of success"
"I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
"Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian."
"My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail."
"Life is too short for long-term grudges."
"I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric."
"Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying."
"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
"When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it."
"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
"Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible."
"For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity."