CEOs of the companies tend to choose their words carefully, taking into consideration of the consequences of saying anything that could become controversial. Elon Musk is outspoken kind of person.

He is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is shockingly blunt sometimes, like when he opens up about his personal life. Below are 39 quotes that illustrate why Musk attracts so much attention.

In 2015, Musk said on Twitter that it was strange humans have yet to see evidence of aliens. “Seems like an opportune moment to bring up the Fermi Paradox, aka ‘where are the aliens?’ Really odd that we see no sign of them.”

Five years later, Musk seems to have changed his stance on aliens. “Aliens built the pyramids obv,” he tweeted in July 2020.

“If there was a way that I could not eat, so I could work more, I would not eat. I wish there was a way to get nutrients without sitting down for a meal,” Musk once said, according to his biographer, Ashlee Vance.

This Musk quote on failure is also from Vance’s book: “My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.”

When Tesla employees complained about their jobs, Musk reportedly said: “I would tell those people they will get to see their families a lot when we go bankrupt.”

Musk once told Vance that SpaceX is battling other countries for space supremacy. “My family fears that the Russians will assassinate me,” he said.

Musk once expressed frustration over Ford trademarking a vehicle name he’d planned to use at Tesla. “Like why did you go steal Tesla’s E? Like you’re some sort of fascist army marching across the alphabet, some sort of Sesame Street robber?” he said.

Musk has publicly lamented his dating life in the past: “I would like to allocate more time to dating, though. I need to find a girlfriend. That’s why I need to carve out just a little more time. I think maybe even another five to 10 — how much time does a woman want a week? Maybe 10 hours? That’s kind of the minimum? I don’t know.”

He’s also argued that human beings most likely exist in a video game. “There’s a billion-to-one chance we’re living in base reality,” Musk said in 2016.

“I’m not an alien … but I used to be one,” Musk said on Twitter in 2016.

“You’re an idiot,” Musk once tweeted at a public transportation consultant who called him privileged.

Musk has joked about Tesla’s financial health on Twitter: “Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last-ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt. So bankrupt, you can’t believe it.”

Musk has said that he has concerns about artificial intelligence: “At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is going to die. But for an AI, there will be no death — it would live forever. And then you would have an immortal dictator from which we could never escape.”

“Oh btw I’m building a cyborg dragon,” Musk tweeted in 2018.

“Boring bonehead questions are not cool … These questions are so dry. They’re killing me,” Musk once said in response to analyst questions.

“Oh and uh short burn of the century comin soon. Flamethrowers should arrive just in time,” a reference to Musk’s well-known contempt of short-sellers.

“Going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication. Thinking of calling it Pravda …,” Musk said in 2018.

“They have about three weeks before their short position explodes,” Musk said of short-sellers in 2018.

“You’re a horrible human being,” Musk once wrote to a Tesla whistleblower.

Musk made a dig at Ford while discussing Tesla’s Model 3 production: “I think there’s a good vibe — I think the energy is good; go to Ford, it looks like a morgue.”

“Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it,” Musk tweeted at a British diver involved in the Thai cave rescue.

“I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what’s actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you f—— a——,” Musk said to a reporter soon after.

“Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured,” Musk infamously tweeted in 2018.

“Investor support is confirmed. Only reason why this is not certain is that it’s contingent on a shareholder vote,” Musk claimed soon after.

During a 2018 interview with The New York Times, Musk said he didn’t regret his “funding secured” tweet. “Why would I?” he said.

“If the odds are probably in your favor, you should make as many decisions as possible within the bounds of what is executable,” Musk said in regard to taking Tesla private.

Musk later appeared to mock the SEC in a tweet: “Just want to that the Shortseller Enrichment Commission is doing incredible work. And the name change is so on point!”

Musk has even said he’d step down as Tesla CEO: “If you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. They can have the job. Is there someone who can do the job better? They can have the reins right now.”

“So in desperation, we are going to build a tunnel, and maybe that tunnel will be successful. And maybe it won’t,” Musk said, lamenting the traffic situation in Los Angeles.

Musk has also opined on the affect of smartphones: “You’re already a cyborg. Most people don’t realize you’re already a cyborg.”

“I’m getting text messages from friends saying, ‘What the hell are you doing smoking weed?'” Musk said after appearing on Rogan’s podcast.

“Worth it,” Musk tweeted in 2018 in response to a Twitter user who mentioned the $20 million fine that resulted from Musk’s “funding secured” tweet.

“I want to be clear: I do not respect the SEC, I do not respect them,” Musk said during an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired in 2018.

“It’s not realistic in the sense that I am the largest shareholder in the company and I can just call for a shareholder vote and get anything done that I want,” Musk said on “60 Minutes.”

Musk has discussed his combative tweets toward critics and journalists: “Twitter is a war zone. If somebody’s going to jump in the war zone, it’s like, okay, you’re in the arena. Let’s go.”

“A monkey has been able to control a computer with its brain, just FYI,” he said during a presentation for his neurotechnology company, Neuralink.

During a recent Tesla earnings call, Musk criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak: “Give people back their goddamn freedom.”

“Frankly, I would call it forcible imprisoning of people in their homes against all of, their constitutional rights, in my opinion,” Musk also said during the earnings call.