Лучшие умы моего поколения заняты тем, как заставить людей кликать мышью по рекламным объявления,- сказал мне Джефф Хаммербахер, ранее инженер Facebook.- Ужас..

«Я ни с кем больше не дерусь, но с Илоном мы никогда не можем кончить дело миром», – говорит Кимбал. Как-то в ходе особенно яростной стычки по поводу одного бизнес-решения Маск содрал кожу на кулаке, так что ему пришлось делать прививку от столб- няка.

«Однажды я вернулся с чеком на 900 долларов, – вспоминает Мор. – Я вошел в офис и спросил ребят, что мне делать с этими деньгами. Илон перестал колотить по клавиатуре, высунулся из-за монитора и сказал: „Не может быть!“»

Маск и его брат надеялись убедить рестораны, магазины одежды, парикмахерские и т. п., что пришло время обозначить их при- сутствие в Сети. Zip2 должен был стать онлайновым бизнес-каталогом, связанным с картой. Маск объяснял: каждый имеет право знать о том, где расположена ближайшая пиццерия и как туда добраться.

Я думаю, что люди сегодня как-то уж слишком увлеклись всяким там Интернетом, финансами и правом. Это одна из причин, почему у нас мало инноваций.

"Илон – не из тех, кто скажет: „Я знаю, что вы чувствуете, я понимаю вашу точку зрения“, – говорит Джастин. – В нем этого нет. Он не понимает, что есть вещи, очевидные другим людям, но не очевидные ему"

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth good morals and happiness.

To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that was an error, you know... part ownership in publishing was the kind of era that started a little bit later, when real businessmen started to manage artists.

The first tattoo I got was when I was 17, and it's a cross on my bicep with 'Only God Can Judge Me' underneath.

I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one eye on the mirror to see how you're doing, you're not doing it as well as you can. Don't think about publishing, don't think about editors, don't think about marketplace.

I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has.

If were not willing to settle for junk living we certainly shouldnt settle for junk food.

My mother never had time for me. When you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention.

Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you.

If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically.

I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of those Greek blind guys that sees things and warns people, whilst I was in a blue skirt. I think there were 5,000 people in the theatre, it was ridiculous.

The life I remember begins at Imperia, where I went to school, including the Ginnasio-Liceo 'De Amicis.'

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

Sixteen candles make a lovely light but not as bright as your eyes tonight.

I don't really know if I would consider myself anything in particular. I would say I'm inspired in a Hasidic way, but I certainly don't keep all the customs and rules I once did.

Why is it that there is this misconception that dark equals good. That only applies to chocolate.

I always identified with that feeling of being an underdog. So I always was looking to connect with and meet people from other cultures, to experience people living a different life that I am.

The things that trouble our spirits are within us already. In meditation, we must face them, accept them, and set them aside one by one.

After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.

I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.

When people are desperate or wealthy, they turn to socialism; only when they have no other alternative do they embrace the free market. After all, lies about guaranteed security are far more seductive than lectures about personal responsibility.

If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.