"If you think back to the beginning..." - Quote by Elon Musk

“If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.”

“Here in the West, people often don't like listening to their leaders, even if they are right.”

“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.”

“I hope all of us may eventually be together in everlasting peace and bliss -- except the inventor of the #‎ telephone .”

“You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely distorted DNA out into space.”

“Because of the internet and communications, the clash of cultures is much more direct. People feel, I think, less certain about their identity, less certain about economic security.”

“The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.”

“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.”

“The web is just going to be one more of those major change factors that businesses face every decade.”