“The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also serve as an example to the auto industry, proving that the technology really works and customers want to buy electric vehicles.” WantMeanHelpingGoalTechnologyExampleIndustryCostProveLowsCustomersVehicleElectricVolumeCarbonEmissionsTeslaCarbon EmissionsAuto IndustryElectric Vehicles Author:Elon Musk
“I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing.” FirstsSidesCatTesla Author:George Clooney
“When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have said less than 50%. I would have said that failure is the most likely outcome.” IfsSaidOutcomesOddsTesla Author:Elon Musk
“f the government is going to put money into the automobile sector, it should break up GM and Chrysler as a condition of financial aid, and it should be even-handed in its treatment of start-up firms like Tesla, Miles, Fisker, and others. It would be terrible to kill the entrepreneurs who have taken great risks to bring new automotive technologies to market by pumping tax dollars into the behemoths that have done everything wrong for the last years.” ShouldYearsDoneGovernmentWould BeLastsBreakTechnologyTakenRiskConditionsTerribleTaxesDollarsEntrepreneurFinancialAidsMilesFirmTreatmentLast YearAutomobileGreat RiskTeslaTax DollarsChryslerBehemothFinancial Aid Author:Denis Hayes
“[Nikola] Tesla is great! Tesla I actually deal with - I have this thing called the Cop Stopper that deals with Tesla's technology. It's like a Pokémon ball and you push the button.” DealsTechnologyBallsCopButtonsTesla Author:Kellan Lutz
“My Cop Stopper was a Pokémon ball that you push the button and then Tesla's coils go in and the chemical compound reactions go, so it's an electrical ball so once you throw it out the window usually, in my idea of robbing a bank, I'd go through an alley way, and what this Pokémon ball would do, is it hits the metal of the cop car .” WayIdeasCarWindowBallsReactionsChemicalsMetalsCopButtonsCompoundsElectricalAlleysRobbingTeslaChemical Compounds Author:Kellan Lutz
“The world sucks, man. But Tesla does have a mid-size sedan now, and that's very important to the future.” MenWorldDoeImportantSizeTesla Author:Vince Staples
“I think it was because [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were part of what made up the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Klaatu was actually a European among the Americans. And so the person who wrote the story said that Klaatu came from Europa, the fourth moon of Jupiter, which is now being investigated for life. There's water and ice on it and that kind of stuff.” ThinkingKindPersonsMadeSaidStillsStoriesEarthStuffWaterMoonIceFourthJupiterTeslaLeon Author:Paul Laffoley
“Both [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were preternaturally young. I mean, for a long time Tesla was a young man well into his 70s. And so was Theremin, even though, at the end, he looked pretty old. But he was still doing things that young guys do, beyond the time you'd normally think people should be doing that stuff.” PeopleThinkingMenShouldWellsMeanLongStillsEndsYoungGuyStuffLong TimeYoung ManTeslaYoung GuysLeon Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla and Leon Theremin] were European gentlemen, very well-mannered, all of the stuff you associate with living in Europe.” WellsStuffEuropeGentlemanAssociatesTeslaLeonWell Mannered Author:Paul Laffoley
“I began to analyze the movie [The Day the Earth Stood Still] and said it was really made out of these two characters [Nikola Tesla and Leon Teremin] who were brought together. That made it fascinating to me. And especially the language they made up, that Klaatu speaks. Because it has a Latin word order. It's like medieval Latin, but it had some Navajo phonemes in it and that kind of stuff.” KindMadeSaidStillsTwoCharacterEarthTogetherOrderSpeakLanguageStuffMade ItFascinatingLatinMedievalTeslaLeon Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla] would do it through lucid dreaming. He would, in a sense, dream up the engine, forget about it, come back, and then discover where it was wearing. You know, where the parts were wearing out. Now, that's inner visualization and a half! And that was the secret of why he did so many inventions.” KnowsDreamForgetSecretHalfInventionEnginesVisualizationLucid DreamingTesla Author:Paul Laffoley
“I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was so easy for him to think fourth-dimensionally, dynamically. It wasn't just a static thing with him. In other words, it isn't the way an architect thinks, which is essentially static.” ThinkingWayWould BeEasyInevitableArchitectFourthInventorStaticTesla Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla] was thinking of parts actually moving, like exchanging positions in space through time. This would go over here, then that would go over there, and then something else would happen.” ThinkingHappensMovingSpacePositionRough TimesExchangingTesla Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla] said he had no interest in the spiritual. He didn't believe in telepathy, didn't believe in any of that stuff, didn't believe in any religion, and he just thought all these people were being superstitious and wanted them to go away. And in that way he was very close to H.P. Lovecraft, who was almost a believing atheist.” PeopleWayBelieveSaidWantedSpiritualStuffInterestAtheistGoing AwaySuperstitiousTelepathyTeslaLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
“Tesla burns cash. It's not a car company, it's a cult of fanatics who think Elon Musk can do no wrong. But financially, it doesn't work.” ThinkingCan DoCompanyCarCashCultFanaticsTeslaMusk Author:Bob Lutz
“I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.” ThinkingLongTermEuropeLong TermFactoriesAsiaTesla Author:Elon Musk
“Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.” FightingCarRevolutionElectricTeslaElectric Car Author:Elon Musk
“Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius.” IfsThinkingWayInspirationalWellsMeanHappensCarYeahTrackLikesFantasticCrushElectricEfficiencyTeslaPorscheFast CarPrius Author:Elon Musk
“For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.” YearsHas BeensSupportToughAppreciateSupporterTough TimesSaying Thank YouTeslaDarkest Times Author:Elon Musk
“I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.” ThinkingShouldCarCamerasGoogleTeslaAutopilot Author:Elon Musk
“Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.” NeedsHelpingEnergyProductionsSolveConsumptionTesla Author:Elon Musk
“So this Zealot comes to my door, all glazed eyes and clean reproductive organs, asking me if I ever think about God. So I tell him I killed God. I tracked God down like a rabid dog, hacked off his legs with a hedge trimmer, raped him with a corncob, and boiled off his corpse in an acid bath. So he pulls an alternating-current taser on me and tells me that only the Official Serbian Church of Tesla can save my polyphase intrinsic electric field, known to non-engineers as "the soul." So I hit him. What would you do?” IfsThinkingSoulEyeChurchKnownDoorsDogFieldsAskingCleanCurrentsLegsOfficialsOrgansEngineersElectricBathsCorpsesAcidHackedTeslaZealotTasers Author:Warren Ellis
“I'm more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what's going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities.” KnowsHappensPossibilityTeslaAnti Feminist Author:Lana Del Rey
“Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.” IfsStillsAbleApocalypseZombieZombie ApocalypseTesla Author:Elon Musk
“He (Tesla) was 84, and he died in a hotel, completely broke and alone. In love with a pigeon. This is a nightmare. I'm in hell. This is hell. I'm talking about Tesla in my puke. Tesla was the electric Jesus. I can't breathe.” I CanJesusTalkingHellDiedBreatheBrokeHotelNightmareElectricPigeonsTeslaAlone In LovePuke Author:Duncan Trussell
“The world, I think, will wait a long time for Nikola Tesla's equal in achievement and imagination.” ThinkingWorldLongScienceWaitingImaginationImagineEqualAchievementLong TimeTesla Author:Edwin Howard Armstrong
“All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contributions to science.” MenAppreciationContributionCongratulationsDelightedTesla Author:Ernest Rutherford