"I had so many people try to..." - Quote by Elon Musk
I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.
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“You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.”
“The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.”
“You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.”
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“People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.”
“My music will mean something. I'll have my own production company. I'm doing my own movies. I have my own restaurant. I just wanna expand.”
“I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.”
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“The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
“The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.”