On one of the SpaceX flights, we had a secret payload: a wheel of cheese. We flew to orbit and brought it back, so it was the world’s first ‚space cheese.‘ It was, in part, a tribute to Monty Python.

What I’m trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The pace of progress on Mars depends upon the pace of progress of SpaceX.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.

How I love David Bowie.

I love Velveeta cheese.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company’s lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, ‚Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.‘

I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.

For my name and memory I leave to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I’ll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I’m gonna tell ya, that’s one helluva man, and God bless him.

It is true that SpaceX is partially a government contractor, but it would be unfair to say that SpaceX is entirely a government contractor.

I’m trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.

SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.

There’s a reason why the Foo Fighters don’t blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that’s hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn’t really come up, or it just hasn’t felt right.