Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Great companies are built on great products.
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.
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.
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.
The thing that's worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning. And, you know, try and enjoy yourself. Because, actually, life's pretty good.
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
The future is much more exciting and interesting if we are a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species.
My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
If you want to be successful, you have to work your ass off.
You want to have a future where you're expecting things to be better, not one where you're expecting things to be worse.
I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.
It's very important to like the people you work with; otherwise, life [and] your job is gonna be quite miserable.
Don't confuse education with schooling. I didn't go to Harvard, but people who work for me did.
