1. “The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
2. “I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.”
3. “Life is too short for long-term grudges.”
4. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
5. “It’s OK to have eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
6. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”
7. “Failure is not an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
8. “People should pursue what they’re passionate about That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”
9. “The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale.”
10. “If you are trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”
11. “I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.”
12. “Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”
13. “Great companies are built on great products.”
14. “You should take the approach that you’re wrong. your goal is to be less wrong.”
15. “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
16. “If you need inspiration, don’t do it.”
17. “Constantly think about how you could be doing things better.”
18. “Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.”
19. “One of the biggest mistakes we made was trying to automate things that are super easy for a person to do, but super hard for a robot to do.”
20. “Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”
21. “I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness, to make sure it continues into the future.”
22. “America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.”
23. “The most entertaining outcome is the most likely.”
24. “Education is basically downloading data and algorithms into your brain.”
25. “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
