Elon Musk Quotes He Actually Said

Co-founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; also owns X (formerly Twitter) and founded The Boring Company and Neuralink. Today Elon is worth an estimated $417.59B (#1 in the world). Every quote below is traced to a named source — no internet misattributions.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Elon Musk, CBS 60 Minutes interview, on SpaceX (2012)
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
Elon Musk, On stage at SXSW, Austin (2013)
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Elon Musk, Interview during SpaceX's early years (Fast Company) (2005)
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