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.

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.

When Clemson players rub that rock and run down the hill, it's the most exciting 25 seconds in college football.

The world belongs to the articulate.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]

Silence is the essential condition of happiness.

I like the idea of craziness with discipline.

[James Mattis] also has real passion for the care of the men and women in the U.S. military and their families. So, you know, I think he would be an outstanding candidate.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort

Believe that when something is meant to be, it will happen. In God's time. At the right moment. For the best reason. With the right person

Things that are obvious don't need to be talked about. Things that are missing, do.

"Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people.