Elon Musk Quotes

Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge.

There's so much stuff flying around online, and it's so easy to get into arguments with people.

I love when people on Twitter give advice.

Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.

I get quite a lot of people chatting to me online. Some of the messages do take me by surprise. They can be flattering.

My debut book is a collection of personal stories and advice about communication on the Internet. More specifically, the downfall of communication because of the Internet.

The Internet and Twitter and all these things are very powerful, but it also means sometimes that instead of having a dialogue we just start calling folks - calling each other names. And that's true on the left or the right.

Twitter is like hugging. Just because it's hard to measure the return on investment doesn't mean there isn't value there.

I try and stay away from my comment section on Twitter. But for the most part, the response that I get usually is very positive - and so it's nice.

These younger kids - I think growing up with social media, they're just savvy.

I actually quite like [social media]. It's spontaneous, you don't really have to commit to it and I enjoy the interaction. Also, I have never sworn on there, not once.

I am not on Facebook. I'm not on Instagram. I only use Twitter, which I wish I didn't.

I've used Twitter now and again to try to figure something out; it's an amazing resource. But I think you have to use it judiciously: it's a self-selected group, so it's important not to start thinking of it as the whole world.

I don't like a girl on social media, when you have an open inbox, answering questions from dudes left and right, every day. What's the point? It's like having your number all out.

I'm not one to go on blogs and things like that, but we do have our own personal Twitter profiles, so we get a lot of tweets, and they are pretty passionate. It's fun. I like it.

As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.

Somebody was, like, what's your favorite thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter. And they're like what's the worst thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter.

Believe it or not, Twitter calms me down. I enjoy interacting with people.

Facebook is for people, Twitter is for perspective, Google+ is for passion, LinkedIn is for pimping

Some people are sass monsters on twitter. Like honey, you need to chill.

I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also chatter with my friends and family. It's a cocktail party with a fraction of the awkwardness of an actual cocktail party.

In Michelle Obama attack on Donald Trump, she never mentioned Trump's name, but she made reference to the fact that this is much more important than just responding in 140 characters. And in the process she maligned the whole concept of Twitter, not just Trump.

So take social media; take a look at the way they're used. In a lot of ways they're used constructively; lot of things are done that couldn't be done before. On the other hand a lot of the effect of social media is to set up extremely superficial contacts amongst people.

If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media.

In this age of Twitter and Snark every misstep gets posted online in twelve seconds.