Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Kimbal Musk - Page 2

As a South African, the idea of turkey was new to me. And confusing. It's about the least flavorful bird on the planet.

Young people, especially, are turning away from McDonald's towards healthy, locally-sourced options like Next Door and Sweetgreen.

It's relatively easy to set up a tech company, join an accelerator, and progress down a pathway towards success. It's more complex to do that with food.

After I broke my neck, I began thinking more about The Kitchen: How can we come up with some way to make real food more affordable? Food that's locally-grown, if possible, fundamentally nourishing to the body, nourishing to the planet.

Microwave sales have plateaued as people realize that reheated TV dinners give us no joy.

You should brine your turkey. Don't even think about not brining your turkey. Ever.

We already solved the problem of feeding the world in the 1960s, when we started serving cheeseburgers.

Community through food is my mission; it is what I do.

Memphis is a vibrant and diverse city that is on the verge of a Real Food renaissance. We are more than thrilled to be part of that movement by investing in the Crosstown and Shelby Farms Park developments.

Building one garden in L.A. - it might be a nice gesture - but it won't make a difference. We have to start to change the culture of the community.

We want to replace all the T.G.I. Friday's, Applebee's - at a price point that is arguably even lower than those guys.

We get emails from parents asking us what kale is because their kids are asking for it. That kind of extraordinary presence in the community is critical to the future of real food.

It is an interesting thing. Every time I try and stray from the path of food, I get whacked.

Realtime ads are the perfect way for an advertiser to connect with users in a social environment.

People want real food. The demand for it is through the roof.

The Kitchen was a really great concept; it just wasn't at the price point that made it accessible to people. People could visit occasionally, and some people were coming regularly. It just wasn't a novel concept for every customer.

When you have the demand, you can change the government policies that create McDonald's and junk food.

We believe PulseRank will replace PageRank over time for the real-time Web.

Advertisers really want to create ads that are relevant to the realtime experience.

Using realtime ads, even mortgage companies can create ads that matter to you right now.

I want to make the school-garden movement work.

I joined the board of Chipotle because no company has ever been able to scale fresh, properly sourced food in the history of America.

There's no doubt about it: people want local, real food.

The reality is that we connect through food, and we have the opportunity to do it three times a day.

We're moving to be more of a plant-based society.

Publishers can use realtime ad technology to build their brand on the realtime web. Realtime ad technology gets their hottest content in front of users seconds after it is published, ensuring that their content gets shared and becomes viral before their competitors.

Everyone has to eat, so the opportunities in the space are incredible.

After my accident, the stuff that mattered was stuff that made a difference in the world, not the stuff that made money.

It would be so simple for the government to support farmers to become more profitable and farm sustainably.

Let's get government support for farmers to make the transition to organic.

The industrial food system ships in high-calorie, low-nutrient, processed food from thousands of miles away. It leaves us disconnected from our food and the people who grow it.

Learning Gardens are outdoor classrooms, engaging learning environments where kids learn about math, science, entrepreneurship, and above all else, real food.

Young people contact me all the time to articulate issues with the industrial food system, but they are frustrated by their perceived inability to do anything about it.

Sadly, many people in our biggest cities are at the mercy of industrial food.

Users are open to ads as long as they're relevant to their realtime experience.

The question is not 'Why advertise in realtime?' The question is, 'Who are the brands and businesses that are going to be built off the realtime web?'

People always ask what kind of restaurant we have, and it's like a five-minute conversation. The short answer is, 'We're creating community through food.' That's the big idea we had, the product we're exporting. And it has paid off.

As a kid, I'd never have avocado. You'd get some melon and the odd fresh peach. But avocados? Mangoes? I'd never had a mango in my life.

Start with the young, work with them until they are adults, and they will demand real food.