Mandy Davis > Mandy's Quotes

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”
― Elon Musk

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour.”
― Elon Musk

“You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve”
― Elon Musk

“It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
― Elon Musk

“The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I’d be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.”
― Elon Musk

“The first step is to establish that something is possible then probability will occur.”
― Elon Musk

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
― Elon Musk

“No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated”
― Elon Musk

“I could go and buy one of the islands in the
Bahamas and turn it into my personal fiefdom, but I am much more interested in trying to build and
create a new company.”
― Elon Musk

“The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future