I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

— Elon Musk

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

— Elon Musk

I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I just try to think about the future and not be sad

— Elon Musk

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

— Elon Musk

In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.

— Elon Musk

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

— Elon Musk

In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a [?], like a collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a nervous system. It's a hugely impactful thing.

— Elon Musk

In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.

— Elon Musk

I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.

— Elon Musk

I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.

— Elon Musk