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"I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved."
"I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor."
"If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things."
"The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity."
"I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point."
"I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species. Thirty years from now, there'll be a base on the moon and on Mars, and people will be going back and forth on SpaceX rockets."
"In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution."
"SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete."
"There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions."
"If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive."
"I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA."
"Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives."
"My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars."
"Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry."
"Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution."
"If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me."
"I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium."
"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."
"It's just mind-blowingly awesome. I apologize, and I wish I was more articulate, but it's hard to be articulate when your mind's blown-but in a very good way."
"It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if they had to burn the ships after every trip."