I don't think very highly of Henrik Fisker. [...H]e thinks the reason we don't have electric cars is for lack of styling

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin Coolidge

I will learn, the opportunity will come.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

I love to cook; that's my passion.

Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.

Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

I like it to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all, timeless.

I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.

There is great variation in brain power all the way from Einstien on one hand to Sarah Palin on the other.

Life's real victories must be shared.